15 The leech has two daughters:“Give! Give!”There are three things that are never satisfied,four that never say, “Enough” –
16 the grave, the barren womb,land that is not satisfied with water,and fire that never says, “Enough!”
17 The eye that mocks at a fatherand despises obeying a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it outand the young vultures will eat it.
18 There are three things that are too wonderful for me,four that I do not understand:
19 the way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a snake on a rock,the way of a ship in the sea,and the way of a man with a woman.
20 This is the way of an adulterous woman:she eats and wipes her mouthand says, “I have not done wrong.”
21 Under three things the earth trembles,and under four things it cannot bear up: