Proverbs 30:29

Listen to Proverbs 30:29
29 ā€œThere are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:

Proverbs 30:29 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
English Standard Version (ESV)
29 Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
New Living Translation (NLT)
29 There are three things that walk with stately stride— no, four that strut about:
The Message Bible (MSG)
29 There are three solemn dignitaries, four that are impressive in their bearing -
American Standard Version (ASV)
29 There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
29 There are three things that walk with dignity, even four that march with dignity:
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
29 Three things are stately in their stride, even four are stately in their walk:
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
29 "Three things walk as if they were kings. Four things move as kings do.

Proverbs 30:29 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 30:29

There be three [things] which go well
In a very orderly and composed manner; with constancy and cheerfulness, with great stateliness and majesty, intrepidly, and without fear; yea, four are comely in going;
very beautiful and lovely to look at as they walk.

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Proverbs 30:29 In-Context

27 locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;
28 a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.
29 ā€œThere are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:
30 a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;
31 a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt.
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