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15 
The leech has two daughters,
“Give, give!”
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four that do not say, “It is enough”:
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[a]Sheol, and the barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “It is enough.”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:16 Hades, the nether world, the place of the dead.

15 The leech has two daughters:
“Give” and “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:
16 [a](A)Sheol, the (B)infertile womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “Enough.”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:16 I.e., The netherworld