Proverbs 30:16

New International Reader's Version

The first is the grave. The second is a woman who can’t have a baby. The third is land, which never gets enough water. And the fourth is fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

Rachel saw that she wasn’t having any children by Jacob. So she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

Proverbs 27:20

Death and the Grave are never satisfied. People’s eyes are never satisfied either.

Proverbs 30:15

“A leech has two daughters. They cry out, ‘Give! Give!’ “Three things are never satisfied. Four things never say, ‘Enough!’

Isaiah 5:14

So Death opens its jaws to receive them. Its mouth is open wide to swallow them up. Their nobles and the rest of the people will go down into it. They will go there together with all those who have wild parties.

Habakkuk 2:5

“Wine makes the Babylonians do foolish things. They are proud. They never rest. Like the grave, they are always hungry for more. Like death, they are never satisfied. They gather all the nations to themselves. They take all those people away as prisoners.