Leviticus 11:5; Psalms 104:18
Conies - See the marginal reference note.
Proverbs 30. The Sayings of Agur. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1-9 , or Proverbs 30:1-4 only....
conies. About the size of. rabbit. Inhabit clefts in the rocks; because, having soft feet, they cannot burrow as. rabbit can. So God's people abide...
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
The conies— The mountain-mice—the rock-rats. See Leviticus 11:5 .
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; The conies ... feeble ... yet make they their houses in the rocks...
The Words of Agur The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed,...
The creature improperly called coney here and at Leviticus 11:5 ; Deuteronomy 14:7 ; Psalms 104:18 is the Syrian 'hyrax,' an animal about the s...
The conies are but a feeble folk, being only about as big as a rabbit, with nails instead of claws, and weak teeth. Its Hebrew name ( shâphân ) sig...
CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectur...
Lessons from Common Things Proverbs 30:18-33 We have four more quatrains. 1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How...
This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writi...
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The g...
The coneys [are but] a feeble folk ,.... Or "rabbits"; though some think these creatures are not intended, because they are not so little as those w...
The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; Ver. 26. The conies are but a feeble folk. ] But what they want in st...
There be four things little, &c., but exceeding wise Comparatively to other brute creatures, they act very wisely and providently, through the...
In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in chara...
Four Things Little and Wise. 24 There be four things which are litt...
In rocky ground, or in the holes of rocks, for their safety against their too potent enemies.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:26 . Conies . A gregarious animal of the class Pachydermata, which is found in Palestine living in the caves or cleft...
Proverbs 30:24-28 I. "The ants are a people not strong," etc. (1) This is forecast. The ants know the time of their opportunity, and make the best...
Proverbs 30:1 . The words of Agur. The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the ti...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 30:1-20 Part VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Agur." A short introd...
Deducing Truths from Common Experience
the conies, the cliff-badgers of Palestine, are but a feeble folk, also lacking in strength, yet make they their houses in the rocks, thus exhibi...
26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;