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Proverbs 30:21–22

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21For dthree things pthe earth is disquieted,

And for dfour which it cannot bear:

22qFor a servant when he reigneth;

And ra fool when he is filled with meat;

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Footnotes

  1. dver. 18, 21, 29. See ch. 6:16.
  2. pJoel 2:10. Amos 8:8 in the Heb.
  3. dver. 18, 21, 29. See ch. 6:16.
  4. qch. 19:10. So Eccles. 10:7.
  5. rSee ver. 9.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Under three things the earth trembles;

under four it cannot bear up:

a slave when he becomes king,

and a fool when he is filled with food;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Under three things the earth trembles,

under four it cannot bear up:

a servant who becomes king,

a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The earth trembles under three things;

it cannot bear up under four:

a servant when he becomes king,

a fool when he is stuffed with food,

NLTNew Living Translation

There are three things that make the earth tremble—

no, four it cannot endure:

a slave who becomes a king,

an overbearing fool who prospers,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Under three things the earth trembles,

and under four, it is not able to bear up:

under a slave when he becomes king,

and a fool when he is satisfied with food;