Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Proverbs 30:28
The 'lizard' (RV) is so small that 'you can grasp it with your hands' (RM).
29-31. Four creatures of stately gait.
The 'lizard' (RV) is so small that 'you can grasp it with your hands' (RM).
29-31. Four creatures of stately gait.
SPIDER - Rather, the Gecko (or Stellio), a genus of the lizard tribe, many species of which haunt houses, make their way through crevices in the walls, and with feet that secrete a venomous exudation...
VI. THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH CHAPTER 30 Some hold that Agur is another name for Solomon. This opinion is also upheld by the Talmud, which speaks of six names which belonged to the King: Sol...
PROVERBS 30. THE SAYINGS OF AGUR. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1, or Proverbs 30:1 only. Proverbs 30:1. The title is extremely obscure, and has been much...
WITH HER HANDS. So we, by the hand of faith, shall be found in the palace of the King of kings. KINGS' PALACES. king's palace....
_the spider_ Rather, THE LIZARD. The Heb. word occurs here only. _taketh hold with her hands_ If this rendering be retained, the reference may be to the animal "taking hold of," catching its prey ("Qu...
Four things which though little are WISE....
THE SPIDER— _The lizard._ Schultens, &c....
TEXT Proverbs 30:21-33 21. For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear: 22. For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food; 23. For an od...
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. THE SPIDER TAKETH HOLD WITH HER HANDS, AND IS IN KINGS' PALACES. The term here, sªmaamiyt (H8079), different from that in Job 8:14 `...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 30 THE PUZZLES OF AGUR AND LEMUEL (PROVERBS 30:1 TO PROVERBS 31:9) These passages are by Agur ...
Here are 4 types of animals. Each is both small and wise. So we can learn a lesson about wisdom from these animals. • Ants store food for the winter. And we should prepare for the future, too. See Pr...
THE SPIDER TAKETH HOLD WITH HER HANDS. — The lizard, rather than the spider, seems to be here intended. As each first line of these four verses is an expression of weakness, it has been proposed to tr...
שְׂ֭מָמִית בְּ יָדַ֣יִם תְּתַפֵּ֑שׂ וְ֝ הִ֗יא...
CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we must briefly indicate the view whic...
LESSONS FROM COMMON THINGS Proverbs 30:18-33 We have four more quatrains. 1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How superficial is our knowledge! How does the eagle mount t...
This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s th...
The spider taketh hold (o) with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. (o) If man is not able to compass these common things by his wisdom, we cannot attribute wisdom to man, but folly....
_The stellio. A kind of house lizard, marked with spots like stars, from whence it has its name. (Challoner) --- Hebrew semamith. (Haydock) --- It probably provides food against the stormy season, lik...
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not fi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THE SPIDER TAKETH HOLD WITH HER HANDS,.... On the thread she spins, or on the flies and bees she catches in her web. This is a small creature, yet very wise; what a curious thread does she spin! what...
_The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces._ Ver. 28. _The spider taketh hold with her hands._] Some render it the ape, and the Hebrew _semamith_ is somewhat like the Latin _sim...
_There be four things little, &c., but exceeding wise_ Comparatively to other brute creatures, they act very wisely and providently, through the direction of Divine Providence, which secretly influenc...
the spider, rather, the gecko, a poisonous spotted lizard, TAKETH HOLD WITH HER HANDS, being able to cling to, and even move forward upon, the flat surfaces, AND IS IN KINGS' PALACES, able to adapt he...
DEDUCING TRUTHS FROM COMMON EXPERIENCE...
In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in character, both being called "prophecies," and written b...
THE SPIDER TAKETH HOLD of the thread which she spins out of her own bowels with her hands; with her legs, which he calls hands, because they serve her for the same purpose, to do her work, to weave he...
Proverbs 30:28 spider H8079 grasps H8610 (H8762) hands H3027 kings H4428 palaces H1964...
Proverbs 30:24 I. "The ants are a people not strong," etc. (1) This is forecast. The ants know the time of their opportunity, and make the best of it. (2) Every man has a summer. "Now is the accepted...
CONTENTS: The words of Agur. CHARACTERS: God, Agur, Ithiel, Ucal. CONCLUSION: God's Word is sure and pure, and venturing our souls upon it, we shall find it a shield against temptations, a safe prot...
Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur._ The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided. H...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:1 The Sayings of Agur. The identity of Agur, son of Jakeh, is unknown. One claim is that the word translated ORACLE actually should be the proper name “Massa,” so that v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 30:26. CONIES. A gregarious animal of the class Pachydermata, which is found in Palestine living in the caves or clefts of the rocks. Its scientific name is _Hyrax Syriacus_...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 30:1 PART VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the source of wisdom ...
This is the end of the proverbs that were gathered by Hezekiah's men. Now in the thirtieth chapter we have, The words of Agur (Proverbs 30:1) Whoever he is. He tells us who he is, but it really does...
Daniel 1:4; Ephesians 2:6; Isaiah 13:22; Psalms 144:12...
Hands — With her legs, which he calls hands, because they serve her for the same use, to do her work, to weave her web, and to catch gnats or flies. Palaces — Is not only in poor cottages, but many ti...