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.
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
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This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
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Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
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a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;
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an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.