15 The leech has two daughters—
Give and Give!

There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, “Enough!”:
16 (A)The[a] grave,
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water—
And the fire never says, “Enough!”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:16 Or Sheol

15 For the leech, there are two daughters;
    “Give, give!” they cry.
As for three of these, they are not satisfied;
    as for four, they do not say enough.
16 Sheol[a] and barrenness of womb,
    the land is not satisfied with water,
    and fire does not say “enough!”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:16 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld