13. There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
15. “The leach has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’
16. Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’
17. “The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
18. “There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
19. The way of an eagle in the air; 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 maiden.
20. “So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
21. “For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can’t bear up:
22. For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;
23. for an unloved woman when she is married; and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
24. “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
25. the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
26. The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
27. The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.