18. There are three things which are too wonderful for me,indeed, four which I do not know:
19. the way of an eagle in the air,the way of a serpent on a rock,the way of a ship in the midst of the sea,and the way of a man with a maid.
20. Such 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 is disquieted,and for four which it cannot bear:
22. for a servant when he reigns,and a fool when he is filled with food,
23. for a hateful woman when she is married,and a handmaid who 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;