Proverbs 30:15 - Catholic Public Domain Version The leech has two daughters, who say, 'Bring, bring.' Three things are insatiable, and a fourth never says 'Enough': 更多版本King 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!”: 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. English Standard Version 2016 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”: |
There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men.
Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and a land that is not filled with water. And truly, fire never says, 'Enough.'
But come here, you sons of the prophetess, you offspring of an adulterous man and a fornicating woman.
Their feasting has been set aside; they have committed fornication after fornication. They love to bring disgrace to their protectors.
Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Edom, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has been pursuing his brother with the sword and has outraged his brother's compassion, and he has gone beyond his anger and has held onto his indignation until the end.
Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of the sons of Ammon, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has cut up the pregnant women of Gilead, so as to expand his limits.
Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Damascus, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have threshed Gilead into iron wagons.
Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Gaza, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have carried out an excellent captivity, so as to enclose them in Idumea.
Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Tyre, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have completed an excellent captivity in Idumea and have not considered the bond among brothers.
Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Moab, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has burned the bones of the king of Idumea, all the way to ashes.
Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Judah, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has rejected the law of the Lord and has not kept his commandments. For their idols, which their fathers followed, have deceived them.
The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.
They responded and said to him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them: "If you are the sons of Abraham, then do the works of Abraham.
You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.
For ones such as these do not serve Christ our Lord, but their inner selves, and, through pleasing words and skillful speaking, they seduce the hearts of the innocent.
And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.