Proverbs 30:29
Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
In context
26 the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; 27 the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; 28 the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
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.
32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 30:29 in the KJV
There be three things which go well, Yea, four are comely in going:
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 30:29 in the NIV
“There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing: