Proverbs 30:16
Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
In context
13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift! 14 There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind.
15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”: 16 Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
17 The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
18 Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: 19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 30:16 in the KJV
The grave; and the barren womb; The earth that is not filled with water; And the fire that saith not, It is enough.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 30:16 in the NIV
the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’