Provérbios 30:24

24 Quatro coisas há na terra que são pequenas, entretanto são extremamente sábias;

Provérbios 30:24 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 30:24

There be four [things which are] little upon the earth
Small in bulk, that have little bodies, are the lesser sort of animals; but they [are] exceeding wise;
show a great deal of art and wisdom in what they do; or "but they are wise, made wise" ^F5 by the instinct of nature, by the direction of Providence, by which they do things that are surprising. Some versions, that have no regard to the points, read the words, "but their are wiser than the wise" ^F6; than even wise men; wise men may learn much from the least of creatures; see ( Job 12:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (Mymkxm Mymkx) "sapientia, sapientia imbuta"; Heb. "sapientificata", Piscator, Gejerus.
F6 "Sapientiora sapientibus", so Sept. V. L. Arabic and Syriac versions; "sapientia superant, vel prudentissimos", Tigurine version.

Provérbios 30:24 In-Context

22 o escravo quando reina; o tolo quando se farta de comer;

23 a mulher desdenhada quando se casa; e a serva quando fica herdeira da sua senhora.

24 Quatro coisas há na terra que são pequenas, entretanto são extremamente sábias;

25 as formigas são um povo sem força, todavia no verão preparam a sua comida;

26 os querogrilos são um povo débil, contudo fazem a sua casa nas rochas;