Proverbs 30:19
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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 in youth.

way of an

Job 39:27 Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?

Isaiah 40:31 But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

midst

Exodus 22:16 If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, and lie with her: he shall endow her, and have her to wife.

Context
The Words of Agur
18Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of. 19The 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 in youth.20Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:49
The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,

Proverbs 30:18
Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of.

Jeremiah 48:40
Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.

Jeremiah 49:22
Behold he shall come up as an eagle, and fly: and he shall spread his wings over Bosra: and in that day the heart of the valiant ones of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in labour.

Lexicon
the way
דֶּ֤רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of an eagle
הַנֶּ֨שֶׁר ׀ (han·ne·šer)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5404: The eagle

in the sky,
בַּשָּׁמַיִם֮ (baš·šā·ma·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky

the way
דֶּ֥רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of a snake
נָחָ֗שׁ (nā·ḥāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5175: A serpent

on
עֲלֵ֫י (‘ă·lê)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a rock,
צ֥וּר (ṣūr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge

the way
דֶּֽרֶךְ־ (de·reḵ-)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of a ship
אֳנִיָּ֥ה (’o·nî·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 591: A ship

at sea,
יָ֑ם (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and the way
וְדֶ֖רֶךְ (wə·ḏe·reḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of a man
גֶּ֣בֶר (ge·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply

with a maiden.
בְּעַלְמָֽה׃ (bə·‘al·māh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5959: A young woman, a virgin


Additional Translations
the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.The way of an eagle in the air; 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 with a maid.

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.

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 youth.

The way of an eagle in the heavens, 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.

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.

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.

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.

The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.
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