Proverbs 30:30
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A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:

Numbers 23:24 Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Judges 14:18 And they, on the seventh day before the sun went down, said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle.

Context
The Words of Agur
29There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily: 30A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:31A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none can resist.…
Cross References
Judges 14:18
And they, on the seventh day before the sun went down, said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle.

2 Samuel 1:23
Saul and Jonathan, lovely, and comely in their life, even in death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

Proverbs 30:29
There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:

Proverbs 30:31
A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none can resist.

Micah 5:8
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, as a dew from the Lord, and as drops upon the grass, which waiteth not for man, nor tarrieth for the children of men.

Lexicon
a lion,
לַ֭יִשׁ (la·yiš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3918: A lion

mighty
גִּבּ֣וֹר (gib·bō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

among the beasts,
בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה (bab·bə·hê·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

and refusing
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to retreat
יָ֝שׁ֗וּב (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

before
מִפְּנֵי־ (mip·pə·nê-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

anything;
כֹֽל׃ (ḵōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every


Additional Translations
a lion, mighty among the beasts, and refusing to retreat before anything;A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any;

The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

A lion's whelp, stronger than all other beasts, which turns not away, nor fears any beast;

The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;

The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

A lion, which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn't turn away for any;

An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,
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