Proverbs 30:25
the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
In context
22 a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food; 23 an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
24 Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: 25 the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; 26 the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; 27 the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; 28 the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 30:25 in the KJV
The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 30:25 in the NIV
Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;