15|The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' |There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'


In Context

12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

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 leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' |There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'

16 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.

Proverbs 30:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:15The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying,] Give, give. There are three [things that are] never satisfied, [yea,] four [things] say not, [It is] enough:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:15"The leech has two daughters. 'Give! Give!' they cry. "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!':

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:15The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:15The horseleach hath two daughters, crying , Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea , four that say not, Enough:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:15The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:15The horseleach hath two daughters, Crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say not, Enough:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:15The horse-leech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:15To the leech are two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:15The horse leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough: