Proverbs 30:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 30:16

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

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KJV

King James Version

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.

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WEB

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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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 30

¹⁴ there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

¹⁵ The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

¹⁶ Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

¹⁷ As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

¹⁸ There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:

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