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Myles Coverdale Bible

Proverbs 30:29

There be thre thinges yt go stiffly, but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Riddle;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Lion, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Proverb, the Book of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Agur;   Jakeh;   Massa;   Proverb;   Proverbs, Book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Four;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Four;   Go;   Number;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Three things are stately in their stride;four are stately in their walk:
Hebrew Names Version
"There are three things which are stately in their march, Four which are stately in going:
King James Version
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
English Standard Version
Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
New American Standard Bible
There are three things which are stately in their march, Even four which are stately when they walk:
New Century Version
"There are three things that strut proudly, really four that walk as if they were important:
Amplified Bible
There are three things which are stately in step, Even four which are stately in their stride:
World English Bible
"There are three things which are stately in their march, Four which are stately in going:
Geneva Bible (1587)
There be three thinges that order well their going: yea, foure are comely in going,
Legacy Standard Bible
There are three things which are stately in their march,Even four which are stately when they walk:
Berean Standard Bible
There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:
Contemporary English Version
Three or four creatures really strut around:
Complete Jewish Bible
Three things are stately in their stride, four of stately gait —
Darby Translation
There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
Easy-to-Read Version
There are three things that act important when they walk—really, there are four:
George Lamsa Translation
There are three things that go well, yea, four are graceful in their going:
Good News Translation
There are four things that are impressive to watch as they walk:
Lexham English Bible
There are three things that are magnificent of stride, and four that are magnificent when moving:
Literal Translation
There are three things that do good in a march; yea, four that do good in walking:
American Standard Version
There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going:
Bible in Basic English
There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
There are three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going:
King James Version (1611)
There be three things which goe well, yea foure are comely in going:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
There be three thynges that go well, yea foure are comely in goyng.
English Revised Version
There be three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thre thingis ben, that goon wel, and the fourthe thing, that goith richeli.
Update Bible Version
There are three things which are stately in their march, Yes, four which are stately in going:
Webster's Bible Translation
There are three [things] which go well, yes, four are comely in going:
New English Translation
There are three things that are magnificent in their step, four things that move about magnificently:
New King James Version
There are three things which are majestic in pace, Yes, four which are stately in walk:
New Living Translation
There are three things that walk with stately stride— no, four that strut about:
New Life Bible
There are three things which have honor in their steps, even four which show honor in their walk:
New Revised Standard
Three things are stately in their stride; four are stately in their gait:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Three, things there are which step along well, ye, four, which excel in going:
Douay-Rheims Bible
There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:
Revised Standard Version
Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
Young's Literal Translation
Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:
THE MESSAGE
There are three solemn dignitaries, four that are impressive in their bearing— a lion, king of the beasts, deferring to none; a rooster, proud and strutting; a billy goat; a head of state in stately procession.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
There are three things which are stately in their march, Even four which are stately when they walk:

Contextual Overview

29 There be thre thinges yt go stiffly, but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all. 30 A Lyon which is kynge of beastes, & geueth place to no man: 31 A cock ready to fight: A rame: And a kynge yt goeth forth wt his people. 32 Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie yi self, or medlest wt eny soch thinge, the laye thine hade vpon yi mouth. 33 Who so chyrneth mylck, maketh butter: he that rubbeth his nose, maketh it blede, and he that causeth wrath, bryngeth forth strife.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Proverbs 6:16 - six Proverbs 30:15 - There Micah 5:5 - seven

Cross-References

Genesis 30:5
So Bilha conceaued, and bare Iacob a sonne.
Genesis 30:8
Then sayde Rachel: God hath turned it with me, and my sister, and I haue gotte the vpperhande. And she called him Nephthali.
Genesis 30:9
Now whan Lea sawe that she had left bearynge, she toke Silpa hir mayde, and gaue her vnto Iacob to wyfe.
Genesis 30:10
So Silpa Leas mayde bare Iacob a sonne.
Genesis 30:22
Neuertheles God thought vpo Rachel, and herde her, and made her frutefull.
Genesis 30:25
Now whan Rachel had borne Ioseph, Iacob sayde vnto Laban: Let me go, & departe in to my place and vnto myne owne lande:
Genesis 30:38
and layed the staues that he had pylled, in the drynkinge troughes before the flocke, which came there to drynke, that they shulde conceaue, whan they came to drynke.
Genesis 30:40
Then Iacob parted ye lambes, and put them to the flocke vnto the spotted: and all that was blacke in Labans flocke, that put he vnto the spotted. And he made him a flocke of his owne, which he put not vnto Labans flocke.
Genesis 31:6
And ye knowe, that I haue serued youre father with all my power.
Matthew 24:45
Who is now a faithfull and wyse seruaut, whom his lorde hath made ruler ouer his houssholde, that he maye geue them meate in due season?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 30:29. There be three things which go well — Here is another set of emblems; four things which walk beautifully and with majesty. 1. The Lamentations 2:0; Lamentations 2:0. The greyhound. 3. The he-goat. And, 4. A king.

1. Nothing can be more majestic than the walk of the lion. It is deliberate, equal, firm, and in every respect becoming the king of the forest.

2. The greyhound. זרזיר מתנים zarzir mothnayim, the girt in the loins; but what this beast is we do not distinctly know. It is most likely that this was the greyhound, which in the East are remarkably fine, and very fleet. Scarcely any thing can be conceived to go with greater fleetness, in full chase, than a greyhound with its prey in view: it seems to swim over the earth.

3. The goat, תיש tayish. This is generally allowed to be the he-goat; and how he walks, and what state he assumes, in the presence of his part of the flock, every one knows, who has at all noticed this animal. The ram also, which some suppose to be intended, is both fierce and majestic at the head of the sheep.

4. And a king, against whom there is no rising up. That is, a king whose court, counsels, and troops, are so firmly united to him, as to render all hopes of successful conspiracy against him utterly vain. He walks boldly and majestically about, being safe in the affections of his people. But the Hebrew is singular; it makes but two words; and these are they, ומלך אלקום umelech Alkum, "and King Alkum." It is a doubt whether this may not be a proper name, as Agur abounds in them; see Ithiel, Ucal, and probably Alukah, Proverbs 30:15. But it is said, "We know nothing of a king named Alkum." True; nor do we know any thing of Agur, Ithiel, Ucal, to say nothing of Alukah. And this might have been some remarkable chieftain, who carried his victories wherever he went, and was remarkably fortunate. If, however, we separate the word into אל al, "not," and קום kum, "he arose," we may make the interpretation above given.


 
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