Verses 24-28
24-28. Four things… little Here is the enigma of the four small and contemptible things, that are yet esteemed for their wisdom and other qualities.
The ants See Proverbs 6:6; and notes there.
The conies Rabbits. But the coney of Scripture the hyrax Syriacus, also called the daman is a different animal from our rabbit. “It is small, gregarious, timid, easily tamed, and lives in the mouth of caves, or clefts of the rocks.”- Baird. Compare Leviticus 11:5; Psalms 104:18.
The spider שׂממית , ( semamith;) rather, the house lizard, which is tolerated even in palaces, because it helps to cleanse them of vermin. “Its principal food is flies, and these it springs upon and grasps with both its prehensiles, as if they were hands.” Stuart. There have been various conjectures about the semamith. A writer in Calmet contends for the common house fly.
The locusts Compare Joel 2:7-8. “The most striking fact about the flight of locust swarm’s is their apparent order and discipline, sweeping over the land like a great invading army.” Speaker’s Commentary. Our Western “grasshoppers” are supposed to be a variety of the same insect.
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