Proverbs 30:28
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The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings' houses.

Context
The Words of Agur
27The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands: 28The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings' houses.29There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:…
Cross References
Proverbs 30:27
The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:

Proverbs 30:29
There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:

Lexicon
and the lizard
שְׂ֭מָמִית (mā·mîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8079: (a kind of) lizard

can be caught
תְּתַפֵּ֑שׂ (tə·ṯap·pêś)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably

in one’s hands,
בְּיָדַ֣יִם (bə·yā·ḏa·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

yet it
וְ֝הִ֗יא (wə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

[is found] in the palaces
בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי (bə·hê·ḵə·lê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1964: A large public building, palace, temple

of kings.
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king


Additional Translations
and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

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

And the eft, which supports itself by its hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.

thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.

The lizard taketh hold with her hands, yet is she in kings' palaces,

The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.

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

A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
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