Proverbs 30:17-27

17 The eye that ¹mocks a father And ²scorns * a mother, The ³ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young ⁴eagles will eat it.

18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand:

19 The way of an ⁵eagle in the sky, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the middle of the sea, And the way of a man with a maid.

20 This is the way of an ⁶adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."

21 Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot * bear up:

22 Under a ⁷slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

23 Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.

24 Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:

25 The ⁸ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer;

26 The ⁹shephanim are not mighty people, Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

27 The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ¹⁰ranks;

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Proverbs 30:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17

This chapter begins with a prophecy of Elijah, that there should be want of rain for some years to come, and he is directed to go first to the brook Cherith, where he should be fed by ravens, 1Ki 17:1-7, and afterwards he is sent to a widow at Zarephath, where he, she, and her son, were supported for a considerable time with a handful of meal, and a little oil in a cruse miraculously increased, 1Ki 17:8-16, whose son falling sick and dying, he restored to life, 1Ki 17:17-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

1. Genesis 9:22
2. Proverbs 15:20
3. Deuteronomy 28:26
4. Deuteronomy 28:26
5. Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22
6. Proverbs 5:6
7. Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 10:7
8. Proverbs 6:6
9. Leviticus 11:5; Psalms 104:18
10. Joel 2:7

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "despises to obey"
[b]. Small, shy, furry animals "(Hyrax syriacus)" found in the peninsula of the Sinai, northern Israel, and the region round the Dead Sea; KJV "coney," orig NASB "badgers"

Proverbs 30:17-27

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Proverbs 30:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17

Cross References 10

Footnotes 2