Devine Scripture

Proverbs 30:15

Proverbs chapter 30 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not, Enough:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

ASV

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:

Context

v.14There is a generation whose teeth areasswords, and their jaw teethasknives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

v.15This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Peter 2:13

    suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you;

  • Isaiah 56:11

    Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

  • John 8:44

    Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

  • Ezekiel 16:44

    Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

  • Hosea 4:18

    Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.

  • Amos 2:4

    Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk.