Proverbios 30:24

24 Cuatro cosas son pequeñas en la tierra, pero son sumamente sabias:

Proverbios 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.

Proverbios 30:24 In-Context

22 por el esclavo cuando llega a ser rey, por el necio cuando se sacia de pan,

23 por la mujer odiada cuando se casa, y por la sierva cuando suplanta a su señora.

24 Cuatro cosas son pequeñas en la tierra, pero son sumamente sabias:

25 las hormigas, pueblo sin fuerza, que preparan su alimento en el verano;

26 los tejones, pueblo sin poder, que hacen su casa en la peña;