Proverbs 30:18

18 Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not 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 Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire which never says, "Enough."

17 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.

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

19 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.

20 This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."