The Meaning of Proverbs 30:29 Explained

Proverbs 30:29

KJV: There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

There be three  [things] which go  well,  yea, four  are comely  in going: 

What does Proverbs 30:29 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 30:18-33 - Lessons From Common Things
We have four more quatrains.
1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How superficial is our knowledge! How does the eagle mount the air, or the serpent find a hold on the slippery rock, or a ship plow her way across the deep, or a man and woman fall in love by a secret interchange of heart which no one else perceives? And further how can a sinner continue to sin without experiencing remorse?
2. There are four intolerable conditions: a slave in authority, a pampered fool, an ill-assorted marriage, and a slave-girl, like Hagar, preferred to her mistress.
3. There are four kinds of animals which prove that it is possible to be insignificant and yet be wise: the ant, the cony, the locust, and the lizard, r.v.
4. There are four things which give the idea of stateliness in motion: a lion, a greyhound, a he-goat, and a king "against whom there is no rising up." This remarkable collection ends with an exhortation to the repression of anger. Sometimes to refuse to express one's passion is the surest way of killing it. Treat it like a room on fire. Shut door and window, that it may die for want of air. Ask God's holy sunlight to replace the unholy heat of your soul. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 30

1  Agur's confession of his faith
7  The two points of his prayer
10  The meanest are not to be wronged
11  Four wicked generations
15  Four things insatiable
24  four things exceeding wise
29  Four things stately
32  Wrath is to be prevented

What do the individual words in Proverbs 30:29 mean?

Three [things] [There] are [which] are majestic in pace and Yes four [which] are stately in walk
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה הֵ֭מָּה מֵיטִ֣יבֵי צָ֑עַד וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה מֵיטִ֥בֵי לָֽכֶת

שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה  Three  [things] 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
הֵ֭מָּה  [There]  are 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
מֵיטִ֣יבֵי  [which]  are  majestic 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: יָטַב  
Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad.
צָ֑עַד  in  pace 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: צַעַד  
Sense: step, pace, stride.
וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה  and  Yes  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
מֵיטִ֥בֵי  [which]  are  stately 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: יָטַב  
Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad.
לָֽכֶת  in  walk 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.

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