14. A generation--swords [are] their teeth, And knives--their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.
15. To the leech [are] two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;'
16. Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth--it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire--it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'
17. An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
18. Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:
19. The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.
20. So--the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'
21. For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four--it is not able to bear:
22. For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
23. For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
24. Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
25. The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,
26. Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,
27. A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out--each one shouting,
28. A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
29. Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:
30. An old lion--mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,
31. A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king--no rising up with him.
32. If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil--hand to mouth!
33. For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!