Proverbs 30:24

There are four things on earth that are small, ¹  but they are exceedingly wise: ² 

"Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:

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

There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:

There are four small creatures, wisest of the wise they are--

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:

There are four things on earth that are small, ¹  but they are exceedingly wise: ² 

¹ tn Heb “Four are the small things of the earth.” TEV has “four animals,” though in the list of four that follows, two are insects and one is a reptile.

² tn The construction uses the Pual participle with the plural adjective as an intensive; these four creatures are the very embodiment of wisdom (BDB 314 s.v. חָכַם Pu).