16. Sheol and barrenness of womb, the land is not satisfied with water, and fire does not say “enough!”
17. The eye that mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother— the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.
18. Three of these are too wonderful for me, and four, I do not understand them:
19. the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.
20. This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says “I have not done wrong.”
21. Under three things the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:
22. under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied with food;