Proverbs 30:22-24 in English

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.

²⁴ There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:

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.

²⁴ There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

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.

²⁴ There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

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.

²⁴ And there are four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:

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.

²⁴ There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

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.

²⁴ There are four animals on the earth that are small, but they are very wise:

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.

²⁴ And there are four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:

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.

²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

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.

²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

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.

²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

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.

²⁴ There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

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.

²⁴ There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:

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.

²⁴ There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:

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.

²⁴ There are four things on earth that are small, but very wise:

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.

²⁴ These be foure small things in the earth, yet they are wise and full of wisedome:

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.

²⁴ There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

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.

²⁴ There be four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:

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.

²⁴ There are four which are the little ones of the earth, and they are nevertheless exceedingly wise:

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.

²⁴ There are four things which are small upon the earth, Yet are they wise, instructed in wisdom.

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.

²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

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.

²⁴ Four things on earth are small and yet they are very wise:

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.

²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

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.

²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

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.

²⁴ There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are very wise:

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.

²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

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.

²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

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.

²⁴ Four things be the least things of the earth, and those be wiser than wise men;

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).

²⁴ Four things be the least things of the earth, and those be wiser than wise men;

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.

²⁴ Four are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: