15 The leech has two daughters: “Give, give!”There are three things that are never satisfied,four that never say, “Enough!”:
16 the grave and a barren womb,a land never filled with water,and fire that doesn’t say, “Enough!”
17 An eye that mocks a fatherand rejects obedience to a mother,may the ravens of the river valley peck it out,and the eagle’s young eat it.
18 Three things are too wonderful for me,four that I can’t figure out:
19 the way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a snake on the rock,the way of a ship out on the open sea,and the way of a man with a young woman.
20 This is the way of an adulterous woman:she eats and wipes her mouth,and she says, "I’ve done nothing wrong!"
21 At three things the earth trembles,at four it can’t bear up: