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Proverbs 30:21-33
English Standard Version
Proverbs 30:21-33
English Standard Version
21 Under (A)three things (B)the earth trembles;
under (C)four it cannot bear up:
22 (D)a slave when he becomes king,
and a fool when he is (E)filled with food;
23 (F)an unloved woman when she (G)gets a husband,
and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
24 (H)Four things on earth are small,
but they are exceedingly wise:
25 (I)the ants are a people not strong,
yet they provide their food in the summer;
26 (J)the rock badgers are a people not mighty,
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
27 the locusts have no (K)king,
yet all of them march in (L)rank;
28 the lizard you can take in your hands,
yet it is in kings' palaces.
29 (M)Three things are stately in their tread;
(N)four are stately in their stride:
30 the lion, which is mightiest among beasts
and (O)does not turn back before any;
31 the (P)strutting rooster,[a] the he-goat,
and a king whose army is with him.[b]
32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
or if you have been devising evil,
(Q)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
pressing the nose produces blood,
and pressing anger produces strife.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:31 Or the magpie, or the greyhound; Hebrew girt-of-loins
- Proverbs 30:31 Or against whom there is no rising up
Proverbs 30:21-33
New International Version
Proverbs 30:21-33
New International Version
21 “Under three things the earth trembles,
under four it cannot bear up:
22 a servant who becomes king,(A)
a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
23 a contemptible woman who gets married,
and a servant who displaces her mistress.
24 “Four things on earth are small,
yet they are extremely wise:
25 Ants are creatures of little strength,
yet they store up their food in the summer;(B)
26 hyraxes(C) are creatures of little power,
yet they make their home in the crags;
27 locusts(D) have no king,
yet they advance together in ranks;
28 a lizard can be caught with the hand,
yet it is found in kings’ palaces.
29 “There are three things that are stately in their stride,
four that move with stately bearing:
30 a lion, mighty among beasts,
who retreats before nothing;
31 a strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and a king secure against revolt.[a]
32 “If you play the fool and exalt yourself,
or if you plan evil,
clap your hand over your mouth!(E)
33 For as churning cream produces butter,
and as twisting the nose produces blood,
so stirring up anger produces strife.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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