Proverbs 30:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire which never says, “Enough.”

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

Proverbs 30:15

The leech has two daughters; “Give, give,” they cry. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and he who exults in her.

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover, wine is treacherous; the arrogant man shall not abide. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations, and collects as his own all peoples.”