Proverbs 30:16

In 10 translations

BSB

Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

KJV

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

WEB

Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

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

LSV

Sheol, and a restrained womb, || Earth—it [is] not satisfied [with] water, || And fire—it has not said, “Sufficiency,”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

The graue, and the barren wombe, the earth that cannot be satisfied with water, and the fire that sayeth not, It is ynough.

JPS

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

שְׁאוֹל֮ וְעֹ֪צֶ֫ר רָ֥חַם אֶ֭רֶץ לֹא־שָׂ֣בְעָה מַּ֑יִם וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ לֹא־אָ֥מְרָה הֽוֹן׃

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
• Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his…
• Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

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