Proverbs 30:18
What does Proverbs 30:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 30:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:
KJV
King James Version · 1611There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
Context
v.17The 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.
v.18This passage
v.19The 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 maiden.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 42:3
Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
- Psalms 139:6
Suchknowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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