Proverbs 30:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
In context
14 there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
16 Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
17 As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
18 There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
Proverbs 30:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
- KJV King James Version
- The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
- WEB World English Bible
- Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’
- ASV American Standard Version
- Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth — it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire — it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'
- DBY Darby Translation
- — Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.