Proverbs 30:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.”

Proverbs 30:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 30:28 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 30:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.”

Proverbs 30:28 — World English Bible

Proverbs 30:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings’ palaces. ”

Proverbs 30:28 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 30:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.”

Proverbs 30:28 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 30:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces. ”

Proverbs 30:28 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 30:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The spider taketh holde with her handes, and is in Kings palaces.”

Proverbs 30:28 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 30:28 in Context — Proverbs 30

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.

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

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

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What Does Proverbs 30:28 Mean?

Proverbs 30:28 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 30. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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