Proverbs 30:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ Sheol;  a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, ‘Enough! ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The grave; and the barren womb; The earth that is not filled with water; And the fire that saith not, It is enough.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Sheol (the place of the dead), the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that says not, It is enough.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ the grave and a barren womb, a land never filled with water, and fire that doesn’t say, “Enough!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and a land that is not filled with water. And truly, fire never says, 'Enough.'

Proverbs 30:16 Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. ‘Give me sons, or I will die! ’  she said to Jacob.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon  are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

Proverbs 30:15

The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, Give! ’ Three things  are never satisfied; four never say, ‘Enough! ’:

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses, her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover, wine   betrays; an arrogant man is never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself; he collects all the peoples for himself.