16. Sheol (the place of the dead), the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that says not, It is enough.
17. The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young vultures will devour it. [Lev. 20:9; Prov. 20:20; 23:22.]
18. There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I do not understand:
19. The 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.
20. This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wickedness.
21. Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
22. Under a servant when he reigns, a [empty-headed] fool when he is filled with food,
23. An unloved and repugnant woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
24. There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
25. The ants are a people not strong, yet they lay up their food in the summer; [Prov. 6:6.]
26. The conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks; [Ps. 104:18.]
27. The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
28. The lizard you can seize with your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
29. There are three things which are stately in step, yes, four which are stately in their stride: