Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
Proverbs 30:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, Give! ’ Three things are never satisfied; four never say, ‘Enough! ’: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four things say not, It is enough: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four that do not say, It is enough: American Standard Version (1901) The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not, Enough: Common English Bible The leech has two daughters: “Give, give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough!”: Catholic Public Domain Version The leech has two daughters, who say, 'Bring, bring.' Three things are insatiable, and a fourth never says 'Enough': Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough. |
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind.
Sheol; a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, ‘Enough! ’
Three things are stately in their stride; four are stately in their walk:
But come here, you witch’s sons, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!
When their drinking is over, they turn to promiscuity. Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Edom for three crimes, even four, because he pursued his brother with the sword. He stifled his compassion, his anger tore at him continually, and he harboured his rage incessantly.
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites for three crimes, even four, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Gaza for three crimes, even four, because they exiled a whole community, handing them over to Edom.
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Tyre for three crimes, even four, because they handed over a whole community of exiles to Edom and broke a treaty of brotherhood.
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Moab for three crimes, even four, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord and have not kept his statutes. The lies that their ancestors followed have led them astray.
Both hands are good at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.
‘Our father is Abraham,’ they replied. ‘If you were Abraham’s children,’ Jesus told them, ‘you would do what Abraham did.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
because such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. , They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.