Proverbs 30:16

Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.

Darby Translation

In The 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.

In Context

15The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

17The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Isaiah 5:14Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend [into it], and her multitude, and her tumult, and [all] that is joyful within her.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:16-18

Four Things Unsearchable. 15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: 16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. He had spoken before of those that devoured the poor ( v. 14 ), and had… Read the whole commentary →

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