Proverbs 30:16

Sheol; the barren womb; 1 land that is never satisfied with water; 1 and the fire that never says, “Enough!” 1

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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 has two daughters: “Give and give” they cry. 1 There are three things that are never satisfied, 1 four that never say, “Enough”: 1

17The eye that mocks a father 1 and scorns obedience to a mother, 1 his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, 1 and he will be eaten by the vultures. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”

Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol has made its appetite greater and has opened its mouth very wide; 1 their elite, the people, their leaders, and the revelers and those who are happy among them, descend into Sheol. 1

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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