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29 “There are three things which are stately in their march,
    four which are stately in going:
30     The lion, which is mightiest among animals,
    and doesn’t turn away for any;
31     the greyhound;
    the male goat;
    and the king against whom there is no rising up.

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29 There are three things that walk with stately stride—
    no, four that strut about:
30 the lion, king of animals, who won’t turn aside for anything,
31     the strutting rooster,
    the male goat,
    a king as he leads his army.

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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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Footnotes

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