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Proverbs 30:28

World English Bible

You can catch a lizard with your hands,
yet it is in kings’ palaces.

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Proverbs 30:28 in other translations

The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings’ palaces.

Proverbs 30:28 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 30:28 in context

  1. 26The hyraxes are but a feeble folk,
    yet make they their houses in the rocks.
  2. 27The locusts have no king,
    yet they advance in ranks.
  3. 28You can catch a lizard with your hands,
    yet it is in kings’ palaces.
  4. 29“There are three things which are stately in their march,
    four which are stately in going:
  5. 30The lion, which is mightiest among animals,
    and doesn’t turn away for any;