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Proverbs 30:21
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KJ21
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
ASV
For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear:
AMP
Under three things the earth is disquieted and quakes, And under four it cannot bear up:
AMPC
Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
BRG
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
CSB
The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four:
CSBA
The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four:
CEB
At three things the earth trembles, at four it can’t bear up:
CJB
Three things make the earth quake, four things it can’t bear —
CEV
There are three or four things that make the earth tremble and are unbearable:
DARBY
Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
DRA
By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear:
ERV
There are three things that make trouble on the earth—really, four that the earth cannot bear:
EASY
There are three things that make the earth shake, even four things:
EHV
Three things make the earth tremble. There are four things it cannot endure:
ESV
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
ESVUK
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
EXB
“There are three things that make the earth tremble, really four it cannot ·stand [bear]:
GNV
For three things the earth is moved: yea, for four it cannot sustain itself.
GW
Three things cause the earth to tremble, even four it cannot bear up under:
GNT
There are four things that the earth itself cannot tolerate:
HCSB
The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four:
ICB
“There are three things that make the earth tremble. There are really four that it cannot stand:
ISV
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot remain steady:
JUB
For three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth it cannot bear:
KJV
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
AKJV
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
LSB
Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot bear up:
LEB
Under three things the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:
TLB
There are three things that make the earth tremble—no, four it cannot stand: A slave who becomes a king. A rebel who prospers. A bitter woman when she finally marries. A servant girl who marries the husband of her mistress.
MSG
Three things are too much for even the earth to bear, yes, four things shake its foundations— when the janitor becomes the boss, when a fool gets rich, when a prostitute is voted “woman of the year,” when a “girlfriend” replaces a faithful wife.
MEV
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
NOG
Three things cause the earth to tremble, even four it cannot bear up under:
NABRE
Under three things the earth trembles, yes, under four it cannot bear up:
NASB
Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot endure:
NASB1995
Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot bear up:
NCB
There are three things that cause the earth to tremble, indeed four things that it cannot endure:
NCV
“There are three things that make the earth tremble, really four it cannot stand:
NET
Under three things the earth has trembled, and under four things it cannot bear up:
NIRV
“Under three things the earth shakes. Under four things it can’t stand up.
NIV
“Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
NIVUK
‘Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
NKJV
For three things the earth is perturbed, Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
NLV
Under three things the earth shakes, and under four it cannot stand:
NLT
There are three things that make the earth tremble— no, four it cannot endure:
NRSVA
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
NRSVACE
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
NRSVCE
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
NRSVUE
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
OJB
For shalosh the eretz is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
RGT
For three things the Earth is moved. Indeed, for four it cannot sustain itself:
RSV
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
RSVCE
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
TLV
Under three things the earth trembles, and under four it cannot bear up:
VOICE
Three situations disturb the earth, no, make it four that it cannot endure:
WEB
“For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:
WYC
The earth is moved by three things, and by the fourth thing, which it may not sustain;
YLT
For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear:
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