Proverbs 30:28
Strong's Lexicon
and the lizard
שְׂ֭מָמִית (mā·mîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8079: 1) a kind of lizard

can be caught
תְּתַפֵּ֑שׂ (tə·ṯap·pêś)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8610: 1) to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lay hold of, seize, arrest, catch 1a2) to grasp (in order to) wield, wield, use skilfully 1b) (Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured 1c) (Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands)

in one’s hands,
בְּיָדַ֣יִם (bə·yā·ḏa·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

yet it
וְ֝הִ֗יא (wə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

[is found] in the palaces
בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי (bə·hê·ḵə·lê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1964: 1) palace, temple, nave, sanctuary 1a) palace 1b) temple (palace of God as king) 1c) hall, nave (of Ezekiel's temple) 1d) temple (of heavenly temple)

of kings.
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.

Young's Literal Translation
A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
a lizard can be caught in your hands, yet it lives in kings’ palaces.

New American Standard Bible
The lizard you may grasp with the hands, Yet it is in kings' palaces.

King James Bible
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings' palaces.

New Living Translation
Lizards--they are easy to catch, but they are found even in kings' palaces.

English Standard Version
the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.

New American Standard Bible
The lizard you may grasp with the hands, Yet it is in kings' palaces.

King James Bible
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
a lizard can be caught in your hands, yet it lives in kings' palaces.

International Standard Version
Spiders can be caught by the hand, yet they're found in kings' palaces.

NET Bible
a lizard you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.

American Standard Version
The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings palaces.

English Revised Version
The lizard taketh hold with her hands, yet is she in kings' palaces,

Young's Literal Translation
A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
















Cross References
Proverbs 30:27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

Proverbs 30:29
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 30:26
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

Proverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

Proverbs 30:30
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

Proverbs 30:31
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
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