23. For an unloved woman when she is married; and a shifchah that displaces her gevirah (lady, mistress).
24. There are four things which are little upon eretz, but they are exceeding chachamim:
25. The nemalim (ants) are an am (people) not strong, yet they store up their lechem in the kayitz (summer);
26. The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their bais in the rocks;
27. The arbeh (locusts) have no melech, yet they go forth all of them in ranks;
28. The lizard can be held in the hands, yet is in heikhelot (palaces) of a melech.
29. There are shloshah which are majestic in stride, indeed, four are stately in walk: