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Gill's Exposition
The spider taketh hold with her hands,.... On the thread she spins, or on the flies and bees she catches in her web. This is a small creature, yet very wise; what a curious thread does she spin! what…
Barnes' Notes
Spider - Rather, the Gecko (or Stellio), a genus of the lizard tribe, many species of which haunt houses, make their way through crevices in the walls, and with feet that secrete a venomous exudation…
I. Agur, having specified four things that seem great and yet are really contemptible, here specifies four things that are little and yet are very admirable, great in miniature, in which, as bishop…
Cambridge Bible
the spider Rather, the lizard. The Heb. word occurs here only.
taketh hold with her hands If this rendering be retained, the reference may be to the animal "taking hold of," catching its prey ("Quid,…