It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
Proverbs 30:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For three things the earth is disquieted, And for four which it cannot bear: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up: American Standard Version (1901) For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear: Common English Bible At three things the earth trembles, at four it can’t bear up: Catholic Public Domain Version By three things, the earth is moved, and a fourth it is not able to sustain: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear: |
It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
The leech has two daughters; “Give, give,” they cry. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have done no wrong.”
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: