KJV King James Version
There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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Proverbs 30:18
There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
WEB World English Bible
“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
ASV American Standard Version
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:
Surrounding context — Proverbs 30
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.
17 The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
18 There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20 Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21 For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:
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