Pro 30:28 | NETfull | STEP | a lizard you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.

Proverbs 30:28

28 a lizard ^{▼▼ The KJV, agreeing with Tg. Prov 30:28, translated this term as “spider.” But almost all modern English versions and commentators, following the Greek and the Latin versions, have “lizard.”} ^{▼▼ The point of this saying is that a weak creature like a lizard, that is so easily caught, cannot be prevented from getting into the most significant places.} you can catch with the hand,
but it gets into the palaces of the king. ^{▼▼ Although the Hebrew noun translated “king” is singular here, it is traditionally translated as plural: “kings’ palaces” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).}