Proverbs 30:16
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
KJV
Infernus, et os vulvæ, et terra quæ non satiatur aqua : ignis vero numquam dicit : Sufficit.
Vulgate
Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
ASV
שְׁאוֹל֮ וְ/עֹ֪צֶ֫ר רָ֥חַם אֶ֭רֶץ לֹא שָׂ֣בְעָה מַּ֑יִם וְ֝/אֵ֗שׁ לֹא אָ֥מְרָה הֽוֹן
Hebrew
Hell and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ה֣וֹן
hvn
noun · 26×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 45×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עֹ֤צֶר
'tsr
noun · 3×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- Hab 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,
- Isa 5:14 — Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
- Prov 27:20 — Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.