Proverbs 30:30 (BSB)

a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;

From Proverbs 30. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 30:30

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 30:29-33: Here is, I. An enumeration of four things which are majestic and stately in their going, which look great: - 1. A lion, the king of beasts, because strongest among beasts. Among beasts it is strength that gives the pre-eminence, but it is a pity that it should do so among men, whose wisdom is their honour, not their strength and force.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 30:30: A lion, which is strongest among beasts,.... For what is stronger than a lion, or more courageous and undaunted? it walks with great majesty, very slowly, step by step, the left foot first; shaking its shoulders as it goes, as the philosopher (h) describes its going, and as here intended, and this without fear; and turneth not away for any; it does not go out...
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 30:29-31: Pro 30:29-31 Another numerical proverb with the cipher 4 = 3 + 1: 29 Three things are of stately walk, And four of stately going: 30 The lion, the hero among beasts, And that turneth back before nothing; 31 The swift-loined, also the goat; And a king with whom is the calling out of the host. Regarding היטיב with inf. following (the segolated n.