Proverbs 30:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The leech has two daughters: 'Give! Give!' There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, indeed four that say not, It is enough:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The horseleach{H5936} hath two{H8147} daughters,{H1323} [crying], Give,{H3051} give.{H3051} There are three{H7969} things that are never satisfied,{H7646} [Yea], four{H702} that say{H559} not, Enough:{H1952}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The horseleach{H5936} hath two{H8147} daughters{H1323}, crying, Give{H3051}{(H8798)}, give{H3051}{(H8798)}. There are three{H7969} things that are never satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}, yea, four{H702} things say{H559}{(H8804)} not, It is enough{H1952}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    This generacion (which is like an horsleche) hath two doughters: ye one is called, fetch hither: the other, brynge hither.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The horse leache hath two daughters which crye, Giue, giue. There be three things that will not be satisfied: yea, foure that say not, It is ynough.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The horse leache hath two daughters crying: bryng hyther, bryng hyther. There be three thynges that are neuer satisfied, yea foure thynges sayth neuer hoe:

  • Authorized 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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; Four that don't say, 'Enough:'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    To the leech `are' two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;'

  • 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:

  • 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:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The leech has two daughters:“Give! Give!” There are three things that will never be satisfied, four that have never said,“Enough”–

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 30:29 : 29 There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:
  • Prov 30:21 : 21 Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
  • Prov 6:16 : 16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
  • Prov 30:24 : 24 Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:
  • Isa 56:11-12 : 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter. 12 "Come," they say, "let us fetch wine and drink our fill of strong drink! Tomorrow will be like today, or even far better."
  • Isa 57:3 : 3 But as for you, come here, you offspring of sorceresses, you children of adulterers and prostitutes!
  • Ezek 16:44-46 : 44 Everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’ 45 You are a true daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her children. And you are a sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46 Your elder sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to the south of you.
  • Hos 4:18 : 18 Their drink has turned them aside; they persist in their immorality. They love shame more than their honor.
  • Amos 1:3 : 3 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they threshed Gilead with sharp implements of iron.'
  • Amos 1:6 : 6 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they deported an entire population to deliver them over to Edom.'
  • Amos 1:9 : 9 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they delivered up an entire population to Edom and did not remember their treaty of brotherhood.'
  • Amos 1:11 : 11 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and suppressed compassion. His anger tore continually, and his wrath remained forever.'
  • Amos 1:13 : 13 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.'
  • Amos 2:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says: 'For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.'
  • Amos 2:4 : 4 This is what the LORD says: 'For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept His statutes. Their lies have led them astray, lies after which their ancestors walked.'
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.
  • Matt 23:32 : 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins!
  • John 8:39 : 39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery, they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • 2 Pet 2:13-15 : 13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. They consider it a pleasure to indulge in carousing during the day. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children. 15 They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.
  • Jude 1:11-12 : 11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, rushed headlong for profit into Balaam’s error, and perished in Korah’s rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you fearlessly, shepherding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted.

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