Proverbs 30:21

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

Proverbs 30:21 in Other Translations

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

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

21 There are three things that make the earth tremble— no, four it cannot endure:

21 Three things are too much for even the earth to bear, yes, four things shake its foundations -

21 The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four:

Proverbs 30:21 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 30:21

For three [things] the earth is disquieted
The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy; and for four [which] it cannot bear;
they are a load and burden upon it, and are intolerable to those that dwell on it, and make them very uncomfortable.

Proverbs 30:21 In-Context

19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.

20 “This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’

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.