KJV ORIGINAL
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
There are three things that disturb the world, and four things it cannot tolerate:
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is introducing a list of situations that create chaos and upset the natural order of things.
📚 Historical Context
This verse begins one of Agur's numerical sayings, a common Hebrew literary device where the writer lists examples in ascending order (three... four). Agur was a wisdom teacher whose sayings are preserved in Proverbs 30, and he used this poetic structure to emphasize important truths about social order and human behavior.
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