Proverbs 30:16
What does Proverbs 30:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 30:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth--it <FI>is<Fi> not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> water, And fire--it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Hell and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.
Context
v.15The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not, Enough:
v.16This passage
v.17The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- Habakkuk 2:5
Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
- Genesis 30:1
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
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