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Proverbs 30

Prov. 30:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There be four
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
things which are little
qatan (Hebrew #6996)
from 6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: kaw-tawn'
Origin: or qaton {kaw-tone'}
upon the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, but they are χexceeding
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
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wise, made wise,
Job 39•  (Job 39)
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Ministry on This Verse

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little.
Job 12:7• 7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee; (Job 12:7)
exceeding wise.
Heb. wise, made wise.
• In these four wise things, as many have long since noticed, we have a beautiful gospel-picture. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise: