Proverbs 30:16 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The grave; and the barren womb; The earth that is not filled with water; And the fire that saith not, It is enough.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Sheol (the place of the dead), the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that says not, It is enough.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ the grave and a barren womb, a land never filled with water, and fire that doesn’t say, “Enough!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and a land that is not filled with water. And truly, fire never says, 'Enough.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.

Proverbs 30:16 Tagairtí Cros

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 human eyes are never satisfied.

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; the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and all who exult in her.

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover, wealth is treacherous; the arrogant do not endure. They open their throats wide as Sheol; like Death they never have enough. They gather all nations for themselves, and collect all peoples as their own.