Proverbs 30:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it `is' not satisfied `with' water, And fire -- it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:20 : 20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
  • Hab 2:5 : 5 And also, because the wine `is' treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,
  • Gen 30:1 : 1 And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 85%

    14A generation -- swords `are' their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from `among' men.

    15To the leech `are' two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;'

  • 20Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

  • 21For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear:

  • Job 24:18-21
    4 verses
    74%

    18Light he `is' on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.

    19Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol `those who' have sinned.

    20Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten `on' him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.

    21Treating evil the barren `who' beareth not, And `to' the widow he doth no good,

  • 5The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished.

  • 4Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.

  • 71%

    17An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

    18Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:

  • 46where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.

  • 3For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers -- those bearing them, And of their fathers -- those begetting them in this land:

  • 16Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain `is' her labour without fear.

  • 14Give to them, Jehovah -- what dost Thou give? Give to them miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.

  • 7All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

  • 10She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain `is' in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.

  • Job 27:14-15
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    69%

    14If his sons multiply -- for them `is' a sword. And his offspring `are' not satisfied `with' bread.

    15His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

  • 3If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he `is' the untimely birth.'

  • 44where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.

  • 38A sword `is' on her waters, and they have been dried up, For it `is' a land of graven images, And in idols they do boast themselves.

  • 12For a fire it `is', to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

  • 48where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;

  • 29for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

  • 6Naked `is' Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.

  • 34A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

  • 14Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one -- into her.

  • 20Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness!'

  • 8All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

  • 10By night and by day she is not quenched, To the age go up doth her smoke, From generation to generation she is waste, For ever and ever, none is passing into her.

  • 3Lest I strip her naked. And have set her up as `in' the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.

  • 11Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

  • 18For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!

  • 3With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste,

  • Job 21:24-25
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    24His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

    25And this `one' dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

  • 5The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

  • 21Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

  • 16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

  • 16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.

  • 17Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me -- my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.

  • 13Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He `is' a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.

  • 14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

  • 14The deep hath said, `It `is' not in me,' And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.'

  • 7Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

  • 11A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

  • 23(`with' brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,) --

  • 11Sheol and destruction `are' before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.