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Proverbs 30:16
Proverbs 30:16 is verse 16 of Proverbs chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
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.
World English Bible
Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’
Sheol is the place of the dead.
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Proverbs 30:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
16 Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
17 As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
18 There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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.