Proverbs 30:16

World English Bible (2000)

Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:20 : 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
  • Gen 30:1 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

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