Proverbs 30:21-23 in English

²¹ For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear:

²² For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

²³ For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

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

²² For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

²³ For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

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

²² For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

²³ For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

²¹ By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:

²² if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;

²³ or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.

²¹ For three things the earth doth tremble, and for four, which it cannot bear:

²² For a servant when he is king; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

²³ For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

²¹ There are four things that no one in the world can tolerate:

²² What a slave does who becomes a king, a foolish person eating too much food,

²³ what a woman who is hated does when she gets married, and what a female servant does when she becomes the boss instead of her mistress.

²¹ By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:

²² if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;

²³ or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.

²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

²³ for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

²³ for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

²³ for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

²¹ For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:

²² A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

²³ A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

²¹ Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:

²² Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

²³ under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.

²¹ By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear:

²² By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:

²³ By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.

²¹ Three things make the earth tremble, there are four things it can't support:

²² a slave becoming a king, a stupid person eating like a pig,

²³ an unbearable woman getting married, and a maidservant taking her mistress's place.

²¹ For three things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it cannot susteine it selfe:

²² For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when he is filled with meate,

²³ For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.

²¹ For three things the earth doth quake, and for four it cannot endure:

²² For a servant when he reigneth; and a churl when he is filled with food;

²³ For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

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

²² For a servant when he reigneth; And a fool when he is filled with meat;

²³ For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

²¹ Under three things the earth trembleth, and under four which she cannot bear:

²² Under a servant when he becometh king, and a worthless fool when he hath eaten enough bread;

²³ Under an odious woman when she is married, and a bond-woman when she dispossesseth her mistress.

²¹ Under three things is the earth disquieted; Yea, under four it cannot bear up:

²² Under a servant when he becometh a king, And a fool when he is filled with bread;

²³ Under an odious woman when she becometh a wife, And a handmaid when she becometh heir to her mistress.

²¹ “For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;

²³ for an unloved (wife) when her husband takes her (back); and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

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

²² a slave when he becomes king; a fool when he is filled with food;

²³ a hated woman when she marries; and a maid when she takes the place of her mistress.

²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

²³ for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

²³ for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

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

²² For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.

²³ For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

²³ for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

²³ for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

²¹ The earth is moved by three things, and by the fourth thing, which it may not sustain;

²² by a servant, when he reigneth; by a fool, when he is filled with meat;

²³ by an hateful woman, when she is taken in matrimony; and by an handmaid, when she is heir of her lady.

²¹ The earth is moved by three things, and by the fourth thing, which it may not sustain;

²² by a servant, when he reigneth; by a fool, when he is filled with meat, (or by a fool, when he is filled full with food);

²³ by an hateful woman, when she is taken in matrimony; and by an handmaid, when she is heir of her lady, (or and by a servantess, when she is her lady’s heir).

²¹ For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four — it is not able to bear:

²² For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

²³ For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.