Proverbs 30:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

the grave, the barren womb; earth has not been satisfied with water; and fire has never said,“Enough!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:20 : 20 As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.
  • Gen 30:1 : 1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“Give me children or I’ll die!”

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    14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

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    21Under three things the earth has trembled, and under four things it cannot bear up:

  • Job 24:18-21
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    18“You say,‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

    19The drought as well as the heat snatch up the melted snow; so the grave snatches up the sinner.

    20The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

    21He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

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    16She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

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    14Give them, O LORD– what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!

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    7All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!

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    10Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Hearts faint; knees tremble; every stomach churns, all their faces have turned pale!

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    14If his children increase– it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.

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