29 There be three things that order well their going: yea, four are comely in going:

30 A lion which is strong among beasts, and turneth not at the sight of any:

31 A lusty greyhound, and a goat, and a king against whom there is no rising up.

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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.