Proverbs 30:18

18 “There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:

Proverbs 30:18 in Other Translations

18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

18 Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:

18 There are three things that amaze me— no, four things that I don’t understand:

18 Three things amaze me, no, four things I'll never understand -

18 Three things are beyond me; four I can't understand:

Proverbs 30:18 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 30:18

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.

Proverbs 30:18 In-Context

16 the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

17 “The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

18 “There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:

19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.

20 “This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’