Proverbs 30:21

21 Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot * 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 an eagle in the sky, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the middle of the sea, And the way of a man with a maid.

20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."

21 Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot 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 a husband, And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.