CAB(i)
19 the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in his youth.
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.
21 By three things the earth is troubled, and for four it cannot bear:
22 if a servant should reign, or a fool be filled with food;
23 or if a maid-servant should cast out her own mistress, and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
24 And there are four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:
25 the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer;
26 the rock hyraxes also are a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.
27 The locusts have no king, and yet they march orderly at one command.
28 And the lizard, which supports itself by its hands, and is easily taken, and dwells in the fortresses of kings.
29 And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely:
30 A lion's whelp, stronger than all other beasts, which turns not away, nor fears any beast;
31 and a rooster walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.
32 If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced.
33 Churn the milk, and there shall be butter, and if you wring one's nostrils, there shall come out blood: so if you extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strife.