Proverbs 30:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a woman.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ 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 maiden.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on the rock, the way of a ship out on the open sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ the way of an eagle in the sky, 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 in adolescence.

Proverbs 30:19 Cross References

Isaiah 40:31

but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Job 39:27

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes its nest on high?

Exodus 22:16

“When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the end of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,

Proverbs 30:18

Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:

Jeremiah 48:40

For thus says the Lord: Look, he shall swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab;

Jeremiah 49:22

Look, he shall mount up and swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom on that day shall be like the heart of a woman in labor.