Proverbs 30:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The spider taketh hold with her hands. — The lizard, rather than the spider, seems to be here intended. As each first line of these four verses is an expression of weakness, it has been proposed to translate thus: “The lizard thou canst catch with the hands, and yet,” etc. (Comp. for this praise of wisdom, Ecclesiastes 9:14 sqq.)

Proverbs 30:28

28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.