Holy Scripture
Proverbs 30:18
A church father on this verse
“"There be three things which I cannot understand, and the fourth I know not: the tracks of an eagle flying," i.e., Christ's ascension; "and the ways of a serpent upon a rock," i.e., that the devil did not find a trace of sin in the body of Christ; "and the ways of a ship crossing the sea," i.e., the ways of the Church…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:
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16The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough.
17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.
— Proverbs 30:18 —
19the 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 youth.
20Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing * amiss.