Proverbs 30:16

Modern English Version

Sheol, the barren womb, the earth never filled with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.”

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man 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 has enlarged itself and opened its mouth without measure; so their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he who rejoices shall descend into it.

Habakkuk 2:5

Indeed, wine betrays the proud man, who does not stay at home. He enlarges his appetite as Sheol, and like death he is never satisfied. He gathers to himself all nations and collects for himself all peoples.