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Proverbs 30

Prov. 30:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The ants
nmalah (Hebrew #5244)
an ant (probably from its almost bisected form)
KJV usage: ant.
Pronounce: nem-aw-law'
Origin: feminine from 5243
z are a people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
not strong
`az (Hebrew #5794)
strong, vehement, harsh
KJV usage: fierce, + greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
Pronounce: az
Origin: from 5810
, yet they prepare
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
their meat
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
in the summer
qayits (Hebrew #7019)
harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
KJV usage: summer (fruit, house).
Pronounce: kah'-yits
Origin: from 6972
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Prov. 6:6‑7• 6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
 7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, (Prov. 6:6‑7)

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Ministry on This Verse

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The ants may truly be called a people, as they have houses, towns, public roads, etc.; and shew their wisdom and prudence by preparing their meat in due season.
Prov. 6:6‑8• 6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
 7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
 8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (Prov. 6:6‑8)
• Its wisdom consists in making due preparation for the future. Taught by instinct to make use of present opportunities, in order to supply coming needs, it carefully stores away that which will be its food when the bright days of summer are past and gone, and the cold of winter renders it too late to go out and search for provision to sustain life. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)
• But is it not an amazing thing that men who display remarkable foresight in regard to matters that pertain to this life, will yet forget altogether to make due preparation for that unending eternity to which every moment bears them nearer? (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;