Proverbs 30:28

¹The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,²Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.³I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.⁴Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?⁵Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.⁶Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.⁷Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:⁸Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:⁹Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.¹⁰Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.¹¹There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.¹²There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.¹³There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.¹⁴There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.¹⁵The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:¹⁶The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.¹⁷The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.¹⁸There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:¹⁹The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.²⁰Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.²¹For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:²²For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;²³For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.²⁴There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:²⁵The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;²⁶The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;²⁷The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;²⁸The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.²⁹There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:³⁰A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;³¹A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.³²If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.³³Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

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Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
28	The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.	and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.	The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings’ palaces.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
a lizard	שְׂ֭מָמִית	SE-ma-mit	H8079	lizard שְׂמָמִית (se.ma.mit) a kind of lizard
in [two] hands	בְּיָדַ֣יִם	be-ya-DA-yim	H3027G	hand יָד (yad) : hand/arm[anatomy] 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists
you will grasp	תְּתַפֵּ֑שׂ	te-ta-PES	H8610	to capture תָּפַשׂ (ta.pha.s) 1) to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lay hold of, seize, arrest, catch 1a2) to grasp (in order to) wield, wield, use skilfully 1b) (Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured 1c) (Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands)
and it	וְ֝הִ֗יא	ve-HI'	H1931	he/she/it הוּא (hu) pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)
[is] in [the] palaces of	בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי	be-HEI-khe-lei	H1964H	temple הֵיכָל (he.khal) : temple 1) palace, temple, nave, sanctuary 1a) palace 1b) temple (palace of God as king) 1c) hall, nave (of Ezekiel's temple) 1d) temple (of heavenly temple)
a king	מֶֽלֶךְ׃ פ	ME-lekh	H4428G	king מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) 1) king Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.