Proverbs 30:27

Proverbs 30:27

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

a. ASV: The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;

b. YLT: A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,

c. Classic Amplified: The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;

d. Septuagint: The locusts have no king, and yet march orderly at one command.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: There is no king of the locusts, and yet they all go out in a single swarm. 

1. “The locusts have no king...”

a. [The] locusts [Strong: 697 'arbeh ar-beh' from 7235; a locust (from its rapid increase):-- grasshopper, locust.]

b. [have] no [Strong: 369 'ayin ah'-yin as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle:--else, except, fail, (father-)less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without.]

c.  king [Strong: 4428 melek meh'-lek from 4427; a king:--king, royal.]

2. “...yet go they forth all of them by bands;”

a. [yet they] go forth [Strong: 3318 yatsa' yaw-tsaw' a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.:--X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.]

b. all [of them] [Strong: 3605 kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]

c. [by] bands [Strong: 2686 chatsats khaw-tsats' a primitive root (Compare 2673); properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); as denom. from 2671, to shoot an arrow:--archer, X bands, cut off in the midst.]