Proverbs 30:23 meaning and explanation

an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

Proverbs 30:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Agur is speaking in Proverbs 30, listing four situations that make the earth tremble because they overturn expected order. Here the Hebrew word for "unloved" is sane (saw-NAY), meaning hated or rejected, the same word used of Leah in Genesis 29.

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