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


In Context

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.

18 |There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don't understand:

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:16Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is 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 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.