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


In Context

13 A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.

14 A generation — swords are their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.

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

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

17 An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

18 Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:

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 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 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.