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18-19 There are three things too wonderful for me to understand—no, four!

How an eagle glides through the sky.

How a serpent crawls upon a rock.

How a ship finds its way across the heaving ocean.

The growth of love between a man and a girl.[a]

20 There is another thing too: how a prostitute can sin and then say, “What’s wrong with that?”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:18 The growth of love between a man and a girl, literally, “The way of a man with a maid.” Some linguists believe the meaning is, “Why a girl will let herself be seduced.”

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