PRO 30:21 Parallel View

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ULT Under three things the earth quakes,
 ⇔ and under four it is not able to hold up:

UST There are three, no, four things that the people in the world cannot tolerate:

BSB § Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

OEB Under three things the earth does tremble –
⇔ four she cannot bear:

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

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

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

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

T4T  ⇔ There are four things that no one in the world can tolerate:

LEB • things the earth[fn] trembles,and under four, it is not able to bear up:

?:? Or “land”

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

MOF No MOF PRO book available

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BB For three thynges the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not abyde.
(For three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not abyde.)

GNV For three things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it cannot susteine it selfe:
(For three things the earth is moved: yea, for four it cannot susteine itself: )

CB Thorow thre thinges the earth is disquieted, & the fourth maye it not beare:
(Thorow three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not beare:)

WYC The erthe is moued bi thre thingis, and the fourthe thing, which it may not susteyne;
(The earth is moved by three things, and the fourthe thing, which it may not susteyne;)

LUT Ein Land wird durch dreierlei unruhig, und das vierte mag es nicht ertragen:
(Ein Land becomes through threeerlei unruhig, and the vierte like it not ertragen:)

CLV Per tria movetur terra, et quartum non potest sustinere:
(Per tria movetur terra, and quartum not/no potest sustinere: )

BRN No BRN PRO 30:21 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PRO 30:21 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

30:21–23 is the fourth of six numerical sayings in this chapter. See the discussion of numerical sayings in the General Notes for this chapter.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

תַּ֣חַת שָׁ֭לוֹשׁ רָ֣גְזָה אֶ֑רֶץ וְ⁠תַ֥חַת אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע לֹא־תוּכַ֥ל שְׂאֵֽת

below/instead_of three trembles earth/land and,under four not able to_elevate/lift_up

To make a comprehensive statement, Agur is using a rhetorical device in which the speaker names a number that should be sufficient to illustrate his point and then increases that number by one for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Since the meaning of both clauses is similar, you could also combine them into one clause. See how you translated the similar use of three things and four in 30:15. Alternate translation: “Under these four things the earth truly shakes”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

תַּ֣חַת שָׁ֭לוֹשׁ רָ֣גְזָה & וְ⁠תַ֥חַת אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע & שְׂאֵֽת

below/instead_of three trembles & and,under four & to_elevate/lift_up

Agur says quakes and hold up here as extreme statements to emphasize how intolerable the things in the following verses are for the earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “Because of three things … shudder, and because of four … to endure”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶ֑רֶץ & לֹא־תוּכַ֥ל

earth/land & not able

Here, the earth and it refer to the people who live on the earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the people on the earth … they are not able”

Parallel PRO 30:21