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LXX2012: Septuagint in British/International English 2012 - Proverbs - Proverbs 30

Proverbs 30:14-32

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14A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from amongst men.
15The horse-leech had three dearly beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough.
16The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough.
17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonours the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.
18Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:
19the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.
20Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.
21By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:
22if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;
23or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
24And there are four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:
25the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer;
26the rabbits also are a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.
27The locusts have no king, and yet march orderly at one command.
28And the eft, which supports itself by its hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.
29And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.
30A lion's whelp, stronger than all other beasts, which turns not away, nor fears any beast;
31and a cock walking in boldly amongst the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.
32If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced.

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