Proverbs 30:21
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New International Version (©1984)
"Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot bear up:

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Three things cause the earth to tremble, even four it cannot bear up under:

King James Bible
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

American King James Version
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

American Standard Version
For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear:

Bible in Basic English
For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:

Douay-Rheims Bible
By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear:

Darby Bible Translation
Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:

English Revised Version
For three things the earth doth tremble, and for four, which it cannot bear:

Webster's Bible Translation
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

World English Bible
"For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can't bear up:

Young's Literal Translation
For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear:

Geneva Study Bible

For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

Wesley's Notes

30:21 Four - Which are intolerable in human societies.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

21-23. Pride and cruelty, the undue exaltation of those unfit to hold power, produce those vices which disquiet society (compare Pr 19:10; 28:3).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

30:10 Slander not a servant to his master, accuse him not in small matters, to make mischief. 11-14. In every age there are monsters of ingratitude who ill-treat their parents. Many persuade themselves they are holy persons, whose hearts are full of sin, and who practise secret wickedness. There are others whose lofty pride is manifest. There have also been cruel monsters in every age. 15-17. Cruelty and covetousness are two daughters of the horseleech, that still cry, Give, give, and they are continually uneasy to themselves. Four things never are satisfied, to which these devourers are compared. Those are never rich that are always coveting. And many who have come to a bad end, have owned that their wicked courses began by despising their parents' authority. 18-20. Four things cannot be fully known. The kingdom of nature is full of marvels. The fourth is a mystery of iniquity; the cursed arts by which a vile seducer gains the affections of a female; and the arts which a vile woman uses to conceal her wickedness. 21-23 Four sorts of persons are very troublesome. Men of low origin and base spirit, who, getting authority, become tyrants. Foolish and violent men indulging in excesses. A woman of a contentious spirit and vicious habits. A servant who has obtained undue influence. Let those whom Providence has advanced from low beginnings, carefully watch against that sin which most easily besets them.


Proverbs 30:20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."
Proverbs 30:22 Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food, (NASB ©1995)

Able Bear Disquieted Earth Endure Four Moved Quake Quakes Three Tremble Trembles Troubled


For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:



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