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Proverbs 30:21–23
Proverbs 30:21–23 — The New International Version (NIV)
21 “Under three things the earth trembles,
under four it cannot bear up:
22 a servant who becomes king,
a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
23 a contemptible woman who gets married,
and a servant who displaces her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
21 For three things the earth is disquieted,
And for four which it cannot bear:
22 For a servant when he reigneth;
And a fool when he is filled with meat;
23 For an odious woman when she is married;
And an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — New Living Translation (NLT)
21 There are three things that make the earth tremble—
no, four it cannot endure:
22 a slave who becomes a king,
an overbearing fool who prospers,
23 a bitter woman who finally gets a husband,
a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
21 For three things the earth is perturbed,
Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
22 For a servant when he reigns,
A fool when he is filled with food,
23 A hateful woman when she is married,
And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — New Century Version (NCV)
21 “There are three things that make the earth tremble,
really four it cannot stand:
22 a servant who becomes a king,
a foolish person who has plenty to eat,
23 a hated woman who gets married,
and a maid who replaces her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — American Standard Version (ASV)
21 For three things the earth doth tremble,
And for four, which it cannot bear:
22 For a servant when he is king;
And a fool when he is filled with food;
23 For an odious woman when she is married;
And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
21 Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up: 22 Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat; 23 under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
21 Three things cause the earth to tremble,
even four it cannot bear up under:
22 a slave when he becomes king,
a godless fool when he is filled with food,
23 a woman who is unloved when she gets married,
a maid when she replaces her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
21 The earth trembles under three things;
it cannot bear up under four:
22 a servant when he becomes king,
a fool when he is stuffed with food,
23 an unloved woman when she marries,
and a servant girl when she ousts her queen.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
21 Under three things the earth trembles;
under four it cannot bear up:
22 a slave when he becomes king,
and a fool when glutted with food;
23 an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
21 Under three things the earth trembles,
and under four, it is not able to bear up:
22 under a slave when he becomes king,
and a fool when he is satisfied with food;
23 under an unloved woman when she gets married,
and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
21 “Under three things the earth shakes.
Under four things it can’t stand up.
22 The first is a servant who becomes a king.
The second is a foolish person who is full of food.
23 The third is a woman who is married but not loved by her husband.
And the fourth is a woman servant who takes the place of the woman she works for.
Proverbs 30:21–23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
21 Under three things the earth quakes,
And under four, it cannot bear up:
22 Under a slave when he becomes king,
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
23 Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
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