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Proverbs 30:21

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30:21Under three things the earth trembles,57

and under four things it cannot bear up:

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Footnotes

  1. 57 The Hebrew verb means “to rage; to quake; to be in tumult.” The sage is using humorous and satirical hyperbole to say that the changes described in the following verses shake up the whole order of life. The sayings assume that the new, elevated status of the individuals was not accompanied by a change in nature. For example, it was not completely unknown in the ancient world for a servant to become king, and in the process begin to behave like a king.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Under three things the earth trembles;

under four it cannot bear up:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Under three things the earth trembles,

under four it cannot bear up:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The earth trembles under three things;

it cannot bear up under four:

NLTNew Living Translation

There are three things that make the earth tremble—

no, four it cannot endure:

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Under three things the earth trembles,

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

KJV 1900King James Version

For three things the earth is disquieted,

And for four which it cannot bear: