14. A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.
15. The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough.
16. Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.
17. The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.
18. Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of.
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 in youth.
20. Such is also the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
21. By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear:
22. By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:
23. By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.
24. There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:
25. The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest:
26. The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:
27. The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands.
28. The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings' houses.
29. There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily: