Proverbs 30:27

Modern

…the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

Traditional

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

Literal

…a king is not unto the locust, and go they forth in formation, all of them;

Latin

…regem locusta non habet, et egreditur universa per turmas suas;

Hebrew

English

…the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

Here is another example of number parallelism: small, seemingly insignificant animals can be surprisingly powerful and resourceful.

Theme notes and profiles

Joel 2:25
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
Exodus 10:4–6
But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
Psalm 105:34
He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
Joel 2:7–11
They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
Joel 1:6–7
For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
Joel 1:4
What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
Revelation 9:3–11
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
Exodus 10:13–15
So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.