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Proverbs 30:28

NETBible	a lizard¹ you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.²
NIV © biblegateway Pro 30:28	a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 30:28	The lizard you may grasp with the hands, Yet it is in kings’ palaces.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 30:28	Lizards––they are easy to catch, but they are found even in kings’ palaces.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 30:28	lizards--easy enough to catch, but they sneak past vigilant palace guards.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 30:28	You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings’ houses.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 30:28	the lizard can be grasped in the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 30:28	The spider skillfully grasps with its hands, And it is in kings’ palaces.
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KJV	The spider <08079> taketh hold <08610> (8762) with her hands <03027>_, and is in kings <04428>_' palaces <01964>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 30:28	The lizard <08079> you may grasp <08610> with the hands <03027> , Yet it is in kings' <04428> palaces <01964> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ kalabwthv {N-NSM} cersin <5495> N-DPF ereidomenov {V-PMPNS} kai <2532> CONJ eualwtov {A-NSM} wn <1510> V-PAPNS katoikei {V-PAI-3S} en <1722> PREP ocurwmasin <3794> N-DPN basilewv <935> N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	a lizard <08079> you can catch <08610> with the hand <03027> , but it <01931> gets into the palaces <01964> of the king <04428> .
HEBREW	P Klm <04428> ylkyhb <01964> ayhw <01931> vptt <08610> Mydyb <03027> tymmv (30:28) <08079>

NETBible

a lizard¹ you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.²

NET Notes

¹tn The KJV, agreeing with Tg. Prov 30:28, translated this term as “spider.” But almost all modern English versions and commentators, following the Greek and the Latin versions, have “lizard.”

¹sn The point of this saying is that a weak creature like a lizard, that is so easily caught, cannot be prevented from getting into the most significant places.

²tn Although the Hebrew noun translated “king” is singular here, it is traditionally translated as plural: “kings’ palaces” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).