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Proverbs 30:16

16  lSheol, mthe barren womb,

the land never satisfied with water,

and the fire that never says, “Enough.”

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Proverbs 30:16 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 the grave, the barren womb,

land, which is never satisfied with water,

and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

Proverbs 30:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 The grave; and the barren womb;

The earth that is not filled with water;

And the fire that saith not, It is enough.

Proverbs 30:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 the grave,

the barren womb,

the thirsty desert,

the blazing fire.

Proverbs 30:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 The grave,

The barren womb,

The earth that is not satisfied with water—

And the fire never says, “Enough!”

Proverbs 30:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 the cemetery, the childless mother,

the land that never gets enough rain,

and fire that never says, ‘I’ve had enough!’

Proverbs 30:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 Sheol; and the barren womb;

The earth that is not satisfied with water;

And the fire that saith not, Enough.

Proverbs 30:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 —Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.

Proverbs 30:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 the grave, 

a barren womb, 

a land that never gets enough water, 

a fire that does not say, “Enough!” 

Proverbs 30:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 Sheol; a childless womb;

earth, which is never satisfied with water;

and fire, which never says, “Enough!”

Proverbs 30:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 Sheol, the barren womb,

the earth ever thirsty for water,

and the fire that never says, “Enough.”

Proverbs 30:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 Sheol and barrenness of womb,

the land is not satisfied with water,

and fire does not say “enough!”

Proverbs 30:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 The first is the grave.

The second is a woman who can’t have a baby.

The third is land. It never gets enough water.

And the fourth is fire. It never says, ‘Enough!’

Proverbs 30:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 Sheol, and the barren womb,

Earth that is never satisfied with water,

And fire that never says, “Enough.”


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