King James Version
Proverbs 30:18 in the King James Version says “There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:”
Proverbs 30:18 · KJV
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
The 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. the valley: or, the brook
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
The 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 maid. midst: Heb. heart
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“things which are too wonderful”
H6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e., distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“which I know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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