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29 
There are three things which are stately in step,
Even four which are stately in their stride:
30 
The lion, which is mighty among beasts
And does not turn back before any;
31 
The [a]strutting rooster, the male goat also,
And the king when his army is with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:31 Lit girt in the loins. The meaning of the Hebrew is unclear. Other translations propose greyhound.

29 “There are three things that are stately in their stride,
    four that move with stately bearing:
30 a lion, mighty among beasts,
    who retreats before nothing;
31 a strutting rooster, a he-goat,
    and a king secure against revolt.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 30:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.