Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

The ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer;

King James Version

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

Holman Bible

the ants are not a strong people,
yet they store up their food in the summer;

International Standard Version

Ants aren't a strong species, yet they prepare their food in the summer.

A Conservative Version

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


The ants are not a strong people,
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Bible in Basic English

The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;

Julia Smith Translation

The ants a people not strong, and they will prepare their bread in the summer;

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

The ants [are] a people [who are] not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Modern King James verseion

the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The Emmets are but a weak people, yet gather they their meat together in the harvest.

NET Bible

ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;

New Heart English Bible

the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

The Emphasized Bible

The ants, a people, not strong, - yet prepare they, in summer, their food;

Webster

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

World English Bible

the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

Youngs Literal Translation

The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נמלה 
N@malah 
ant
Usage: 2

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

not strong
עז 
`az 
Usage: 22

References

American

Ant

Easton

Ant

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Ant

Context Readings

Four Things That Are Small - Yet Smart And Strong

24 There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise: 25 The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; 26 the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;

Cross References

Proverbs 6:6-8

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

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