Proverbs 30:28–29

28 the lizard you can take in your hands,

yet it is in kings’ palaces.

29 bThree things are stately in their tread;

bfour are stately in their stride:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)

28 a lizard can be caught with the hand,

yet it is found in kings’ palaces.

29 “There are three things that are stately in their stride,

four that move with stately bearing:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

28 The spider taketh hold with her hands,

And is in kings’ palaces.

29 There be three things which go well,

Yea, four are comely in going:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — New Living Translation (NLT)

28 Lizards—they are easy to catch,

but they are found even in kings’ palaces.

29 There are three things that walk with stately stride—

no, four that strut about:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

28 The spider skillfully grasps with its hands,

And it is in kings’ palaces.

29 There are three things which are majestic in pace,

Yes, four which are stately in walk:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — New Century Version (NCV)

28 Lizards can be caught in the hand,

but they are found even in kings’ palaces.

29 “There are three things that strut proudly,

really four that walk as if they were important:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — American Standard Version (ASV)

28 The lizard taketh hold with her hands,

Yet is she in kings’ palaces.

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

Yea, four which are stately in going:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

28 thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings’ palaces.

29 There are three things which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

28 A lizard you can hold in your hands,

yet it can even be found in royal palaces.

29 There are three things that walk with dignity,

even four that march with dignity:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

28 a lizard can be caught in your hands,

yet it lives in kings’ palaces.

29 Three things are stately in their stride,

even four are stately in their walk:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

28 the lizard can be grasped in the hand,

yet it is found in kings’ palaces.

29 Three things are stately in their stride;

four are stately in their gait:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

28 a lizard you can seize with hands,

yet it is in palaces of kings.

29 There are three things that are magnificent of stride,

and four that are magnificent when moving:

Proverbs 30:28–29 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

28 And the fourth are lizards. Your hand can catch them.

But you will find them in kings’ palaces.

29 “Three things walk as if they were kings.

Four things move as kings do.

Proverbs 30:28–29 — New American Standard Bible (1995) (NASB95)

28 The lizard you may grasp with the hands,

Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

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

Even four which are stately when they walk:

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