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Proverbs 30:16

World English Bible

Sheol,
the barren womb;
the earth that is not satisfied with water;
and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’

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Proverbs 30:16 in other translations

Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.

Proverbs 30:16 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 30:16 in context

  1. 14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
    and their jaws like knives,
    to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
  2. 15“The leech has two daughters:
    ‘Give, give.’
    “There are three things that are never satisfied;
    four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’
  3. 16Sheol,
    the barren womb;
    the earth that is not satisfied with water;
    and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’
  4. 17“The eye that mocks at his father,
    and scorns obedience to his mother:
    the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
    the young eagles shall eat it.
  5. 18“There are three things which are too amazing for me,
    four which I don’t understand: