Proverbs 30:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’”
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“Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth--it <FI>is<Fi> not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> water, And fire--it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 30:16 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
- Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
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