23 a hateful womanwho finds a husband,and a slave who takes the placeof the woman who owns her.
24 On this earth four thingsare small but very wise:
25 Ants, who seem to be feeble,but store up foodall summer long;
26 badgers, who seem to be weak,but live among the rocks;
27 locusts, who have no king,but march like an army;
28 lizards, which can be caughtin your hand,but sneak into palaces.
29 Three or four creaturesreally strut around: