KJV King James Version
The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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Proverbs 30:25
The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
WEB World English Bible
the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
ASV American Standard Version
The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,
Surrounding context — Proverbs 30
22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23 For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24 There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:
25 The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26 The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
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