Proverbs 30:15

The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

In Context

14A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors,—to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.

16Hades, and barrenness,—A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough!

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Cross References

Proverbs 30:21Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:

Proverbs 30:29Three, things there are which step along well, ye, four, which excel in going:

Isaiah 57:3But, ye, …draw near hither, Ye sons of divination,—Ye seed of an adulterer when your mother committed unchastity!

Hosea 4:18Their drinking-bout, having passed,—they became, unchaste, they loved wildly, a contempt, became her great men.

Amos 1:6Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Gaza, and because of four, will I not turn it back,—Because of their taking into exile the whole body of exiles, to deliver to Edom,

Amos 1:11Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Edom, and because of four, will I not turn it back,—Because he pursued, with the sword, his brother, and stifled his compassions, and his anger tare in pieces evermore, and, his indignation, kept watch perpetually,

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:11-15

Four Wicked Generations. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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