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Proverbs 30:29–31

29  There be bthree things which go well,

Yea, bfour are comely in going:

30  A clion which is strongest among beasts,

And dturneth not away for any;

31  A ||greyhound; an he goat also;

And a king, against whom there is no rising up.

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Proverbs 30:29–31 — The New International Version (NIV)

29 “There 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.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — English Standard Version (ESV)

29 Three things are stately in their tread;

four are stately in their stride:

30 the lion, which is mightiest among beasts

and does not turn back before any;

31 the strutting rooster, the he-goat,

and a king whose army is with him.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — New Living Translation (NLT)

29 There are three things that walk with stately stride—

no, four that strut about:

30 the lion, king of animals, who won’t turn aside for anything,

31 the strutting rooster,

the male goat,

a king as he leads his army.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

29 There are three things which are majestic in pace,

Yes, four which are stately in walk:

30 A lion, which is mighty among beasts

And does not turn away from any;

31 A greyhound,

A male goat also,

And a king whose troops are with him.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — New Century Version (NCV)

29 “There are three things that strut proudly,

really four that walk as if they were important:

30 a lion, the proudest animal,

which is strong and runs from nothing,

31 a rooster, a male goat,

and a king when his army is around him.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — American Standard Version (ASV)

29 There are three things which are stately in their march,

Yea, four which are stately in going:

30 The lion, which is mightiest among beasts,

And turneth not away for any;

31 The greyhound; the he-goat also;

And the king against whom there is no rising up.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

29 There are three things which have a stately step, and four are comely in going: 30 The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any; 31 a horse girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

29 There are three things that walk with dignity, 

even four that march with dignity: 

30 a lion, mightiest among animals, which turns away from nothing, 

31 a strutting rooster, 

a male goat, 

a king at the head of his army. 

Proverbs 30:29–31 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

29 Three things are stately in their stride,

even four are stately in their walk:

30 a lion, which is mightiest among beasts

and doesn’t retreat before anything,

31 a strutting rooster, a goat,

and a king at the head of his army.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

29 Three things are stately in their stride;

four are stately in their gait:

30 the lion, which is mightiest among wild animals

and does not turn back before any;

31 the strutting rooster, the he-goat,

and a king striding before his people.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

29 There are three things that are magnificent of stride,

and four that are magnificent when moving:

30 a mighty lion among the beasts,

but he will not turn back from any face;

31 a strutting rooster or he-goat,

and a king whose army is with him.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

29 “Three things walk as if they were kings.

Four things move as kings do.

30 The first is a lion. It is mighty among the animals.

It doesn’t back away from anything.

31 The second is a rooster that walks proudly.

The third is a billy goat.

And the fourth is a king who has his army around him.

Proverbs 30:29–31 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

29 There are three things which are stately in their march,

Even four which are stately when they walk:

30 The lion which is mighty among beasts

And does not retreat before any,

31 The strutting rooster, the male goat also,

And a king when his army is with him.


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