Proverbs 30:29 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 30:29

There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:

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ASV

There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going:

KJV

There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

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Hippolytus of Rome

Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture - On Proverbs (235)

"There be three things which go well, and the fourth which is comely in going; "that is, the angels in heaven, the saints upon earth, and the souls of the righteous under the earth. And the fourth, viz. God, the Word Incarnate, passed in honour through the Virgin's womb; and creating our Adam anew, he passed through the gates of heaven, and became the first-fruits of the resurrection and of the ascension for all. "The whelp of the lion is stronger than the beasts: "i.e., Christ as prophesied of by Jacob in the person of Judah.

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John Gill

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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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Adam Clarke

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

There be three things which go well - Here is another set of emblems; four things which walk beautifully and with majesty. 1. The lion. 2. 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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

By the first (Pr 30:25-28), diligence and providence are commended; the success of these insignificant animals being due to their instinctive sagacity and activity, rather than strength. The other class (Pr 30:30, 31) provides similes for whatever is majestic or comely, uniting efficiency with gracefulness.

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7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה	she.lo.Shah	three [things]	H7969 →
הֵ֭מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
מֵיטִ֣יבֵי	mei.Ti.vei	[are] doing well of	H3190 →
צָ֑עַד	Tza.'ad	step	H6806 →
וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה	ve.'ar.ba.'Ah	and four [things]	H702 →
מֵיטִ֥בֵי	mei.Ti.vei	[are] doing well	H3190 →
לָֽכֶת׃	La.khet	<of> to walk	H1980 →

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