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Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire -- it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'
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An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
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Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:
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The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.
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So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'
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For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear:
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For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
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For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
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Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
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The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,
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Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,