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The Words of Agur

Proverbs 30:21

In 10 translations

BSB
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
KJV
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
WEB
“For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:
ASV
For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear:
LSV
For three things has earth been troubled, || And for four—it is not able to 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:
DRC
By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear:
GNV
For three things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it cannot susteine it selfe:
JPS
For three things the earth doth quake, and for four it cannot endure:

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
תַּ֣חַת שָׁ֭לוֹשׁ רָ֣גְזָה אֶ֑רֶץ וְתַ֥חַת אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע לֹא־תוּכַ֥ל שְׂאֵֽת׃

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