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Proverbs 30:29

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30:29There are three things that are magnificent69 in their step,

four things that move about magnificently:70

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  1. 69 The form מֵיטִיבֵי (metibe) is the Hiphil participle, plural construct. It has the idea of “doing good [in] their step.” They move about well, i.e., magnificently. The genitive would be a genitive of specification.
  2. 70 The construction uses the Hiphil participle again (as in the previous line) followed by the infinitive construct of הָלַךְ (halakh). This forms a verbal hendiadys, the infinitive becoming the main verb and the participle before it the adverb.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Three things are stately in their tread;

four are stately in their stride:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

four that move with stately bearing:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Three things are stately in their stride;

four are stately in their walk:

NLTNew Living Translation

There are three things that walk with stately stride—

no, four that strut about:

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

There are three things that are magnificent of stride,

and four that are magnificent when moving:

KJV 1900King James Version

There be three things which go well,

Yea, four are comely in going: