16Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.


In Context

13 A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.

14 A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.

15 The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough.

16 Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.

17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

18 Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of.

Proverbs 30:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:16the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, 'Enough!'

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:16Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:16Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that saith not, Enough.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:16Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:16Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth — it is not satisfied with water, And fire — it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that said not, It is enough.