Proverbs 30:16

The English Standar Version

Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, "Enough."

Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. 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" and "Give," they cry.[4] 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[8] and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.

Habakkuk 2:5

"Moreover, wine[2] is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest.[3] 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."