Proverbs 30:27

NETBible

locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks; 1 

NIV ©

locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;

NASB ©

The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;

NLT ©

Locusts––they have no king, but they march like an army in ranks.

MSG ©

locusts--leaderless insects, yet they strip the field like an army regiment;

BBE ©

The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;

NRSV ©

the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;

NKJV ©

The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks;

KJV
The locusts
<0697>
have no king
<04428>_,
yet go they forth
<03318> (8799)
all of them by bands
<02686> (8802)_;
{by...: Heb. gathered together}
NASB ©
The locusts
<697>
have
<369>
no
<369>
king
<4428>
, Yet all
<3605>
of them go
<3318>
out in ranks
<2686>
;
LXXM
abasileuton {A-NSN} estin
<1510> 
V-PAI-3S
h
<3588> 
T-NSF
akriv
<200> 
N-NSF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ekstrateuei {V-PAI-3S} af
<575> 
PREP
enov
<1519> 
A-GSN
keleusmatov {N-GSN} eutaktwv {ADV}
NET [draft] ITL
locusts
<0697>
have no
<0369>
king
<04428>
, but they all
<03605>
go forward
<03318>
by ranks
<02686>
;
HEBREW
wlk
<03605>
Uux
<02686>
auyw
<03318>
hbral
<0697>
Nya
<0369>
Klm (30:27)
<04428>
NETBible

locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks; 1 

NET Notes

1 sn The Hebrew term means “divided”; they go forward in orderly divisions, or ranks (C. H. Toy, Proverbs [ICC], 535). Joel 1:4 describes their order and uses it as a picture of a coming invasion (e.g., Joel 2:7, 8). Therefore the wisdom of the locust is in their order and cooperation.