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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Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire which never says, "Enough."
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The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
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Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
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This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.