18. There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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 maiden.
20. This is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
21. For three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
22. For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food;
23. For an unloved woman when she is married; and a maidservant that is heir to her mistress.
24. There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25. The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26. The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
27. The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
28. The spider takes hold with its hands, and is in kings' palaces.
29. There are three things which are stately in stride, yea, four are stately in their walk: