OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 16

Proverbs 30:16

World English Bible Updated

Sheol,

the barren womb,

the earth that is not satisfied with water,

and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’

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THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Proverbs 30:16 in context

Proverbs 30:13–19

13

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!

Their eyelids are lifted up.

14

There 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.

15

“The leech has two daughters:

‘Give, give.’

“There are three things that are never satisfied;

four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:

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Sheol,

the barren womb,

the earth that is not satisfied with water,

and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’

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.

18

“There are three things which are too amazing for me,

four which I don’t understand:

19

The way of an eagle in the air,

the way of a serpent on a rock,

the way of a ship in the middle of the sea,

and the way of a man with a maiden.

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Notes from World English Bible Updated

  1. Sheol is the place of the dead.

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