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Proverbs 30:27

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

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מֶ֭לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).לָאַרְבֶּ֑הlaarbehto locustאַרְבֶּהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to locust”, the ordinary formH697a locust (from its rapid increase)grasshopper, locust.וַיֵּצֵ֖אvayetseand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, the next action in the storyH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…חֹצֵ֣ץchotsetsarcherחָצַץverb, qal, participle, absolute — “archer”, a verb used as a describing wordH2686properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); to shoot an arrowarcher, [idiom] bands, cut off in the midst.כֻּלּֽוֹkulvoallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out — each one shouting,

World English Bible

The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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