Proverbs 30:15-31

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁵ The bloodsucking leech has two daughters—“Give!” and “Give!”

Three things are never satisfied.
Four never say, “Enough!”:
¹⁶ the grave,
a barren womb,
a land that never gets enough water,
a fire that does not say, “Enough!”

¹⁷ The eye that makes fun of a father and hates to obey a mother
will be plucked out by ravens in the valley and eaten by young vultures.

¹⁸ Three things are too amazing to me,
even four that I cannot understand:
¹⁹ an eagle making its way through the sky,
a snake making its way over a rock,
a ship making its way through high seas,
a man making his way with a virgin.

²⁰ This is the way of a woman who commits adultery:
She eats, wipes her mouth,
and says, “I haven’t done anything wrong!”

²¹ Three things cause the earth to tremble,
even four it cannot bear up under:
²² a slave when he becomes king,
a godless fool when he is filled with food,
²³ a woman who is unloved when she gets married,
a maid when she replaces her mistress.

²⁴ Four things on earth are small,
yet they are very wise:
²⁵ Ants are not a strong species,
yet they store their food in summer.
²⁶ Rock badgers are not a mighty species,
yet they make their home in the rocks.
²⁷ Locusts have no king,
yet all of them divide into swarms by instinct.
²⁸ A lizard you can hold in your hands,
yet it can even be found in royal palaces.

²⁹ There are three things that walk with dignity,
even four that march with dignity:
³⁰ a lion, mightiest among animals, which turns away from nothing,
³¹ a strutting rooster,
a male goat,
a king at the head of his army.