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# Under three things the earth trembles, and under four it cannot bear up
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The use of the numbers "three" and "four" here is likely a poetic device. "There are some things that make the earth tremble, that it cannot endure. Four of these are:"
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# a fool when he is filled with food
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This can be translated in active form. AT: "a fool who has had enough to eat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# a hated woman when she marries
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That is, people rightly hated her before she married; once she marries, she will be worse than she was before she married. This can be translated in active form. AT: "a woman whom good people have hated when she marries" or "an outcast woman when she marries" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# takes the place of her mistress
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rules the household
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]] |