15The vampire hath two daughters; “Give! give!” is their cry. There are three things which are never satisfied; Yea, four which say not, “Enough!”
16The underworld, and the barren womb; The earth, which is not satiated with water, And fire, which never saith, “It is enough!”
17The eye that mocketh at a father, And scorneth to obey a mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
18These three things are too wonderful for me; Yea, there are four which I understand not:
19The track of an eagle in the air, The track of a serpent upon a rock, The track of a ship in the midst of the sea, And the track of a man with a maid.
20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, “I have done nothing wrong.”
21Under three things is the earth disquieted; Yea, under four it cannot bear up:
22Under a servant when he becometh a king, And a fool when he is filled with bread;
23Under an odious woman when she becometh a wife, And a handmaid when she becometh heir to her mistress.
24There are four things which are small upon the earth, Yet are they wise, instructed in wisdom.