Proverbs 30:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה הֵ֭מָּה מֵיטִ֣יבֵי צָ֑עַד וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה מֵיטִ֥בֵי לָֽכֶת׃

Transliteration

šəlōšāh hēmmāh mêṭîbê ṣāʿad wə-ʾarbāʿāh mêṭîbê lāket

Grammar Details

*šəlōšāh*: numeral, masculine - three
*hēmmāh*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
*mêṭîbê*: Hiphil participle masculine plural construct from *yṭb* - making good/doing well
*ṣāʿad*: masculine singular noun - step/stride
*wə-ʾarbāʿāh*: conjunction + numeral, masculine - and four
*lāket*: Qal infinitive construct from *hlk* - walking/going

Word Meanings

*mêṭîbê ṣāʿad*: stately in stride/majestic in step/impressive in gait
*mêṭîbê lāket*: stately in going/majestic in movement/impressive in walking

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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