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Proverbs 30:18
There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:
Proverbs 30:18 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 30:18 in other translations
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
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In context
15 The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:
16 The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
17 The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
18 There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:
19 The way of an eagle in the air; 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 girl.
20 This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
21 For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:
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