Proverbs 30:19 (WEB)
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 maiden.
Fathers and councils · 3
Theodoret of Cyrus
“Does not the Apostle say, ‘What communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial?’ and Solomon, that ‘the way of a serpent upon a rock ’ was ‘too wonderful’ for the human mind to comprehend, which ‘rock,’ according to St. Paul, is Christ.” — editor's note: Prov. xxx. 19
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Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §13On Proverbs
“For as a serpent cannot mark its track upon a rock, so the devil could not find sin in the body of Christ.” — editor's note: Prov. xxx. 19.
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Ambrose of Milan
“We have this set forth in the books of Solomon, in that passage in which he said: “There are three things impossible to understand, yea, a fourth which I know not, the track of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the path of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man in his youth.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxx. 18, 19.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.