SEV Biblia, Chapter 30:21
Por tres cosas se alborota la tierra, y la cuarta no puede sufrir:
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:21
Verse 21. For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear ] This is another enigma. Four things insupportable to men. 1. A slave, when he becomes ruler. 2. An overfed fool. 3. An ill-tempered woman, when mistress of a family. And, 4. A servant maid, when the rule of the house is committed to her.
1. A slave, when he comes to bear rule, is an unprincipled tyrant. It has been often observed both in America and in the West Indies, when it was judged necessary to arm some of the most confidential slaves, that no regiments were used so cruelly in the drill, &c., as those black regiments that had black officers.
2. The overfed fool. The intellectually weak man, who has every thing at his command, has generally manners which none can bear; and, if a favourite with his master, he is insupportable to all others.
3. An ill-tempered woman, when she gets embarrassed with domestic cares, is beyond bearing.
4. A servant maid, when, either through the death of the mistress, or the sin of the husband, she is in fact exalted to be head over the family, is so insolent and impudent, as to be hateful to every one, and execrated by all.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 21. For three [things] the earth is disquieted , etc.] The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy; and for four [which] it cannot bear ; they are a load and burden upon it, and are intolerable to those that dwell on it, and make them very uncomfortable.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 21-23 - Four sorts of persons are very troublesome. Men of low origin and bas spirit, who, getting authority, become tyrants. Foolish and violent me indulging in excesses. A woman of a contentious spirit and viciou habits. A servant who has obtained undue influence. Let those who Providence has advanced from low beginnings, carefully watch agains that sin which most easily besets them.
Original Hebrew
תחת 8478 שׁלושׁ 7969 רגזה 7264 ארץ 776 ותחת 8478 ארבע 702 לא 3808 תוכל 3201 שׂאת׃ 5375
