Proverbs 30:21

21 Under three [things] the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:

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 the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

20 This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says "I have not done wrong."

21 Under three [things] the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:

22 under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied [with] food;

23 under an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "land"