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18-19 There are three things too wonderful for me to understand—no, four!

How an eagle glides through the sky.

How a serpent crawls upon a rock.

How a ship finds its way across the heaving ocean.

The growth of love between a man and a girl.[a]

20 There is another thing too: how a prostitute can sin and then say, “What’s wrong with that?”

21-23 There are three things that make the earth tremble—no, four it cannot stand:

A slave who becomes a king.

A rebel who prospers.

A bitter woman when she finally marries.

A servant girl who marries the husband of her mistress.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:18 The growth of love between a man and a girl, literally, “The way of a man with a maid.” Some linguists believe the meaning is, “Why a girl will let herself be seduced.”
  2. Proverbs 30:21 who marries the husband of her mistress, literally, “who succeeds her mistress.”

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