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The Words of Agur

Proverbs 30:26

In 10 translations

BSB
the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;Or the coneys or the hyraxes
KJV
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
WEB
The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
ASV
The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;
LSV
hyraxes [are] a people not strong, || And they place their house in a rock,
YLT
Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,
DBY
the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
DRC
The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:
GNV
The conies a people not mightie, yet make their houses in the rocke:
JPS
The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags;

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
שְׁ֭פַנִּים עַ֣ם לֹא־עָצ֑וּם וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ בַסֶּ֣לַע בֵּיתָֽם׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 104:18The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
  • Leviticus 11:5The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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