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Proverbs 30:21
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There are three things that make the earth tremble— no, four it cannot endure:
For three things the earth trembles, And for four, [which] it can't bear:
"There are three things that make the earth tremble, really four it cannot stand:
For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:
"For three things the earth tremble, And under four, it can't bear up:
Under three things the earth is disquieted and quakes, And under four it cannot bear up:
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
The erthe is moued bi thre thingis, and the fourthe thing, which it may not susteyne;
For three things the earth doth tremble, and for four, which it cannot bear:
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
There are three or four things that make the earth tremble and are unbearable:
For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear:
For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:
Three things make the earth quake, four things it can't bear —
Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
There are three things that make trouble on the earth—really, four that the earth cannot bear:
For three things the earth doth quake, and for four it cannot endure:
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for foure which it cannot beare:
Under three things the earth shakes, and under four it cannot stand:
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
For three things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it cannot susteine it selfe:
Under three things the earth quakes, and under four it cannot endure:
There are four things that the earth itself cannot tolerate:
Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:
By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear.
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
For three thynges the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not abyde.
He that reverences not the persons of the just is not good: such a one will sell a man for a morsel of bread.
The earth trembles under three things;it cannot bear up under four:
"For three things the eretz tremble, And under four, it can't bear up:
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
Under three things the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:
The earth quakes under three things ; yea, it is not able to bear up under four:
For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear:
Thorow thre thinges the earth is disquieted, & the fourth maye it not beare:
Three things are too much for even the earth to bear, yes, four things shake its foundations— when the janitor becomes the boss, when a fool gets rich, when a whore is voted "woman of the year," when a "girlfriend" replaces a faithful wife.
Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot endure:
For three things the earth is perturbed, Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot bear up:
Under three things the earth quakes,And under four, it cannot bear up:
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:4 - her mistress Proverbs 6:16 - six Proverbs 19:10 - Delight Proverbs 30:15 - There
Cross-References
When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I'll die!"
She replied, "Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her."
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem's house, and left.
These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For three [things] the earth is disquieted,.... The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy;
and for four [which] it cannot bear; they are a load and burden upon it, and are intolerable to those that dwell on it, and make them very uncomfortable.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For four which it cannot bear - Better: four it cannot bear. Here the common element is that of being intolerable, and the four examples are divided equally between the two sexes. Each has its examples of power and prosperity misused because they fall to the lot of those who have no training for them, and are therefore in the wrong place.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 30:21. For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear — This is another enigma. Four things insupportable to men. 1. A slave, when he becomes ruler. 2. An overfed fool. 3. An ill-tempered woman, when mistress of a family. And, 4. A servant maid, when the rule of the house is committed to her.
1. A slave, when he comes to bear rule, is an unprincipled tyrant. It has been often observed both in America and in the West Indies, when it was judged necessary to arm some of the most confidential slaves, that no regiments were used so cruelly in the drill, c., as those black regiments that had black officers.
2. The overfed fool. The intellectually weak man, who has every thing at his command, has generally manners which none can bear and, if a favourite with his master, he is insupportable to all others.
3. An ill-tempered woman, when she gets embarrassed with domestic cares, is beyond bearing.
4. A servant maid, when, either through the death of the mistress, or the sin of the husband, she is in fact exalted to be head over the family, is so insolent and impudent, as to be hateful to every one, and execrated by all.
