Holy Scripture

Proverbs 30:23

A church father on this verse
“The shaking (of the earth) signifies the change of things upon earth.-Sin, then, which in its own nature is a slave, has reigned in the mortal body of men: once, indeed, at the time of the flood; and again in the time of the Sodomites, who, not satisfied with what the land yielded, offered violence to strangers; and a…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture

Source: Septuagint

Original

23or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.

Modern

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In context

21By three things the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:

22if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;

— Proverbs 30:23 —

24And there are four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:

25the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer;

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