Proverbs 30:31 (BSB)
a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.
From Proverbs 30. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 30:31
- 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 30:31: A greyhound,.... So Gersom interprets the word; but Jarchi owns he does not know what is meant; and Aben Ezra only says, it is the name of a living creature, but does not say what; but observes, that some interpret it of the "bee", and others of the "eagle".
- 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.