New American Standard Bible

Proverbs 30:15-23 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

15. The leech has two daughters, "Give," "Give." There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, "Enough":

16. Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "Enough."

17. The eye that mocks a father And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.

18. There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand:

19. The way of an eagle in the sky, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the middle of the sea, And the way of a man with a maid.

20. This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."

21. Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot bear up:

22. Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

23. Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.