Bible verse

Proverbs 30:21

Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

Proverbs 30:21 · BSB

Proverbs 30:21 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 30.

17 As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

18 There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:

19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.

20 This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

21 Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

23 an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

24 Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

25 The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

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Proverbs 30:21 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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