Proverbs 30:26
the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
BSB
ASV
The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;
KJV
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 104:18The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
leads to
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger.
Through
Leviticus 11:5The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
leads to
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
"And the conies, a feeble folk, have made their houses in the rocks." The Gentiles, that is to say, are built upon Christ, the spiritual rock, which is become the head of the corner.
I do not quote these words, however, as taking them in their literal signification, but, agreeably to the title of the book (for it is entitled "Proverbs"), I investigate them as containing a secret meaning.
By the first (Pr 30:25-28), diligence and providence are commended; the success of these insignificant animals being due to their instinctive sagacity and activity, rather than strength. The other class (Pr 30:30, 31) provides similes for whatever is majestic or comely, uniting efficiency with gracefulness.
