And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
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13 For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;
11 Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
13 Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?
14 Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?
15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
15 The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.
16 See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.
25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
14 With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;
11 As an eagle, teaching her young to make their flight, with her wings outstretched over them, takes them up on her strong feathers:
7 No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.
5 Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?
21 For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.
12 To take their property by force and go off with their goods; turning your hand against the waste places which now are peopled, and against the people who have been got together out of the nations, who have got cattle and goods for themselves, who are living in the middle of the earth.
26 The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.
27 Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;
17 By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.
18 Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;
10 As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;
9 My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.
14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
27 As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.
34 Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?
4 Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord.
5 If thieves came, attacking you by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not go on taking till they had enough? if men came cutting your grapes would they take them all?
9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
11 Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
4 By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:
8 Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
17 Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
13 This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.
14 Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.
5 Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
25 Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.
10 And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
14 I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.
10 Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.
7 All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.
10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:
11 But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;
11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
12 In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?
6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
16 ... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.
18 Sorrow! how are the keepers of your flock sleeping, O king of Assyria! your strong men are at rest; your people are wandering on the mountains, and there is no one to get them together.
6 In its branches all the birds of heaven came to rest, and under its arms all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and great nations were living in its shade.