New International Reader's Version

Proverbs 30:23-29 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

23. The third is a woman who is married but not loved by her husband. And the fourth is a woman servant who takes the place of the woman she works for.

24. "Four things on earth are small. But they are very wise.

25. The first are ants. They aren't very strong. But they store up their food in the summer.

26. The second are rock badgers. They aren't very powerful. But they make their home among the rocks.

27. The third are locusts. They don't have a king. But they all march forward in ranks.

28. And the fourth are lizards. Your hand can catch them. But you will find them in kings' palaces.

29. "Three things walk as if they were kings. Four things move as kings do.