Proverbs 30:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ the lizard can be grasped in the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ The spider taketh hold with her hands, And is in kings' palaces.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ The lizard you can seize with your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings’ palaces.

Common English Bible

²⁸ You can catch lizards in your hand, but they are in kings’ palaces.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ The lizard supports itself on hands and dwells in the buildings of kings.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings' houses.

Proverbs 30:28 Cross References

Proverbs 30:27

the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;

Proverbs 30:29

Three things are stately in their stride; four are stately in their gait:

Leviticus 11:29

“These are unclean for you among the creatures that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, lizards of every kind,