There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me Which were above his reach and comprehension; what he could not find out, nor account for, nor sufficiently admire; yea, four things which I know not; the way of them; as follows.
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She'ol, the barren womb; The eretz that is not satisfied with water; The fire that doesn't say, 'Enough;'
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And the eye that mocks at his father, And scorns obedience to his mother: The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, The young eagles shall eat it.
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"There are three things which are too amazing for me, Four which I don't understand:
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The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent on a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.
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So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'