Holy Scripture

Proverbs 30:27

A church father on this verse
“"The locust has no king, and yet marches out in array as by one command." The Gentiles had no king, for they were ruled by sin; but now, believing God, they engage in the heavenly warfare.”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture - On Proverbs

Source: Septuagint

Original

27The locusts have no king, and yet march orderly at one command.

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In context

25the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer;

26the rabbits also are a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.

— Proverbs 30:27 —

28And the eft, which supports itself by its hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.

29And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.

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