26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-28)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 Patrick observes, he teaches us several good lessons; as, 1. Not to admire bodily bulk, or beauty, or strength, nor to value persons or think the better of them for such advantages, but to judge of men…
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