Proverbs 30:18-28

18 tria sunt difficilia mihi et quartum penitus ignoro

19 viam aquilae in caelo viam colubri super petram viam navis in medio mari et viam viri in adulescentula

20 talis est via mulieris adulterae quae comedit et tergens os suum dicit non sum operata malum

21 per tria movetur terra et quartum non potest sustinere

22 per servum cum regnaverit per stultum cum saturatus fuerit cibo

23 per odiosam mulierem cum in matrimonio fuerit adsumpta et per ancillam cum heres fuerit dominae suae

24 quattuor sunt minima terrae et ipsa sunt sapientiora sapientibus

25 formicae populus infirmus quae praeparant in messe cibum sibi

26 lepusculus plebs invalida quae conlocat in petra cubile suum

27 regem lucusta non habet et egreditur universa per turmas

28 stilio manibus nititur et moratur in aedibus regis

Proverbs 30:18-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17

This chapter begins with a prophecy of Elijah, that there should be want of rain for some years to come, and he is directed to go first to the brook Cherith, where he should be fed by ravens, 1Ki 17:1-7, and afterwards he is sent to a widow at Zarephath, where he, she, and her son, were supported for a considerable time with a handful of meal, and a little oil in a cruse miraculously increased, 1Ki 17:8-16, whose son falling sick and dying, he restored to life, 1Ki 17:17-24.