Proverbs 30
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Proverbs 30:18-31

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

19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.1

20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:2

25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;3

28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

29There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

31A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.4

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Notes

  1. 1. Proverbs 30:19 midst: Heb. heart. ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 30:24 exceeding…: Heb. wise, made wise. ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 30:27 by…: Heb. gathered together. ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 30:31 greyhound: or, horse: Heb. girt in the loins. ↩

Commentaries on Proverbs 30

Revised Literal Translation — © 2018 Michael W. Jones, Sr. — GPL