Proverbs 30:26

Proverbs 30:26

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

a. ASV: The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;

b. YLT: Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,

c. Classic Amplified: The conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

d. Septuagint: The rabbits also are a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: Rabbits are a nation that is not powerful, yet they make their abode in the rock.

1. “The conies are but a feeble folk…”

a. [The] conies [Strong: 8227 shaphan shaw-fawn' from 8226; a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax:--coney.]

b. [are but a] feeble [Strong: 6099 `atsuwm aw-tsoom' or matsum {aw-tsoom'}; passive participle of 6105; powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous:--+ feeble, great, mighty, must, strong.]

c. [Strong: 3808 lo' lo or lowi {lo}; or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows):--X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.]

d. folk [Strong: 5971 `am am from 6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock:--folk, men, nation, people.]

2. “...yet make they their houses in the rocks;”

a. [yet they] make [Strong: 7760 suwm soom or siym {seem}; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically):--X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.]

b. [their] houses [Strong: 1004 bayith bah'-yith probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).]

c. [in the] rocks [Strong: 5553 cela` seh'-lah from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress):--(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.