King James Version

Proverbs 30:31

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

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זַרְזִ֣ירzarzirproperly, tightly girt, iזַרְזִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “properly, tightly girt, i”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2223properly, tightly girt, i.e. probably a racer, or some fleet animal (as being slender in the waist)[phrase] greyhound.מָתְנַ֣יִםmatenayimloinsמֹתֶןnoun, common, masculine, dual, absolute — “loins”, the ordinary formH4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins[phrase] greyhound, loins, side.אוֹvoalsoאוֹconjunction — “also”H176desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also ifalso, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.תָ֑יִשׁtayishhe goatתַּיִשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “he goat”, the ordinary formH8495a buck or he-goat (as given to butting)he goat.וּ֝מֶ֗לֶךְumelekhand kingמֶלֶךְconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.אַלְק֥וּםalqumno rising upאַלְקוּםadverb — “no rising up”H510a non-rising (i.e. resistlessness)no rising up.עִמּֽוֹimvowithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The greyhound; the he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.

Young’s Literal Translation

A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king — no rising up with him.

World English Bible

the greyhound; the male goat; and the king against whom there is no rising up.

Darby Translation

a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)