PRO 30:29 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Three things, they are doing well of step,
⇔ and four are doing well of walking:

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

OEB Three creatures there are whose step is stately,
⇔ four whose step is majestic –

WEBBE ⇔ “There are three things which are stately in their march,
⇔ four which are stately in going:

WMBB (Same as above)

NET There are three things that are magnificent in their step,
⇔ four things that move about magnificently:

LSV There are three going well,
Indeed, four are good in going:

FBV There are three things that are glorious to watch as they walk, four that look dignified as they move:

T4T ⇔ There are four animals that strut around and look very impressive while they walk [DOU]:

LEB • are three things that are magnificent of stride, and four that are magnificent when moving:

BBE There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:

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

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

DRA There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:

YLT Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:

Drby There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:

RV There be three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going:

Wbstr There are three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going:

KJB-1769 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

KJB-1611 There be three things which goe well, yea foure are comely in going:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps There be three thynges that go well, yea foure are comely in goyng.
(There be three things that go well, yea four are comely in goyng.)

Gnva There be three thinges that order well their going: yea, foure are comely in going,
(There be three things that order well their going: yea, four are comely in going, )

Cvdl There be thre thinges yt go stiffly, but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all.
(There be three things it go stiffly, but the going of the fourth is the goodliest of all.)

Wycl Thre thingis ben, that goon wel, and the fourthe thing, that goith richeli.
(Thre things ben, that gone well, and the forth thing, that goeth/goes richeli.)

Luth Dreierlei haben einen feinen Gang, und das vierte gehet wohl:
(Dreierlei have a feinen Gang, and the fourth gehet wohl:)

ClVg Tria sunt quæ bene gradiuntur, et quartum quod incedit feliciter:[fn]
(Tria are which bene gradiuntur, and quartum that incedit feliciter: )

30.29 Tria sunt quæ gradiuntur. Non nos moveat, etc., usque ad quia in fallacia sua ad tempus Antichristus prosperatur.

30.29 Tria are which gradiuntur. Non we moveat, etc., until to because in fallacia his_own to tempus Antichristus prosperatur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

30:29–31 is the sixth of six numerical sayings in this chapter. See the discussion of numerical sayings in the General Notes for this chapter.

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה הֵ֭מָּה מֵיטִ֣יבֵי צָ֑עַד וְ֝⁠אַרְבָּעָ֗ה מֵיטִ֥בֵי לָֽכֶת

three they(emph) stately stride and,four stately walk

This is poetic language. If your language has a way to indicate poetry, you could use it here. To make a comprehensive statement, Agur is using a rhetorical device in which the speaker names a number that should be sufficient to illustrate his point and then increases that number by one for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Since the meaning of both clauses is the same, you could also combine them into one clause. See how you translated the similar use of Three things and four in 30:15. Alternate translation: “These four things truly walk well”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מֵיטִ֣יבֵי צָ֑עַד & מֵיטִ֥בֵי לָֽכֶת

stately stride & stately walk

The phrases doing well of step and doing well of walking both refer to animals or people who walk impressively. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “walk in an impressive manner … stride in a stately manner”

Parallel PRO 30:29