the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Proverbs 30:16
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Sheol, and the barren womb,Earth that is never satisfied with water,And fire that never says, "Enough."
Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "Enough."
The graue, the barren wombe, and the earth that hath neuer water enough: as for fire it sayth neuer hoe.
—Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.
The grave, [fn] The barren womb,The earth that is not satisfied with water--And the fire never says, "Enough!"
Sheol, and the barren womb, the earth not filled with water, and the fire, these never said, Enough!
the place of death, a woman with no children, dry ground that needs rain, and a fire that will never stop by itself.
Sheol, the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; The fire that doesn't say, 'Enough;'
The graue; and the barren wombe; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied, and the fourth saieth neuer hoo. The hell, a womans wombe, and the earth hath neuer water ynough. As for fyre, it sayeth neuer: hoo.
Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "It is enough."
Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that does not say, Enough.
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.
the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, "Enough!"
The world of the dead and a childless wife, the thirsty earth and a flaming fire.
Sh'ol and a barren womb; the earth, never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, "Enough!"
The graue, and the barren wombe, the earth that cannot be satisfied with water, and the fire that sayeth not, It is ynough.
Sheol; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that never says, It is enough.
She'ol, the barren womb; The eretz that is not satisfied with water; The fire that doesn't say, 'Enough;'
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that saith not: 'Enough.'
The place of the dead, the woman who cannot have children, the earth that is always thirsty for water, and fire that never says, "Enough."
A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that saith not, Enough.
Sheol, the barren womb, land that is never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, "Enough!"
Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, "Enough."
Hades, and barrenness, - A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough!
Hell and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.
Sheol and barrenness of womb, the land is not satisfied with water, and fire does not say "enough!"
Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, "Enough."
Sheol, the infertile womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "Enough."
the cemetery, the childless mother, the land that never gets enough rain, and fire that never says, ‘I've had enough!'
the world of the dead, a woman without children, dry ground that needs rain, and a fire burning out of control.
Sheol; a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, "Enough!"
helle, and the mouth of the wombe, and the erthe which is neuere fillid with water; but fier seith neuere, It suffisith.
Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire which never says, "Enough."
Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire -- it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 27:20, Habakkuk 2:5
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 1:8 - the eye Ecclesiastes 5:10 - He that Ecclesiastes 6:9 - wandering of the desire Hosea 4:18 - her
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The grave,.... Which is the first of the four daughters, or insatiable things, which resemble the horse leech: the grave is the house appointed for all living; it stands ready for them, it is open to receive them when dead; and though such multitudes have been put into it, since death reigned in the world, yet it is not full, it waits for more; nor will its mouth be shut till the last enemy, death, is destroyed; see Proverbs 27:20; This is an emblem of a covetous man, who enlarges his desire as hell or the grave; and is never satisfied with gold, silver, and increase of substance he has, but is always craving more;
and the barren womb; the second daughter, that cries, Give, give, as Rachel, "give me children, or I die", Genesis 30:1: barren women are oftentimes impatient for children, as she was; and importunate, as Hannah; and as the Israelitish women were before the coming of the Messiah, each hoping he might be born of them; especially before it was so clearly known that he should be born of a virgin: though it may be rather the barren womb of harlots is here meant, and who are generally barren, and whose lust is insatiable; and this may be an emblem of lust, which is never satisfied; whether it be a lust of riches, or of honour, or of uncleanness, or of sensual pleasures;
the earth [that] is not filled with water; which is dry and parched, and opens and gapes; and though large quantities of rain may fall upon it, which it greedily drinks in; yet is not seen, nor is it filled with it, but it thirsts for more: this may be an emblem of good men, that have received abundance of the grace of God; and though they thirst not after sin, as they before did, and others do; yet thirst after God, more knowledge of him, and communion with him, and for more grace, like the dry and thirsty land, and cannot have enough of it; see John 4:13; or rather of wicked men, who drink up iniquity like water, and yet never have their fill of it to their satisfaction. This is the third thing, and the fourth follows:
and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough; but let what fuel will be cast into it, it devours it, and still wants more: by the Egyptians, as Herodotus r relates, fire is reckoned an animated beast, which devours all it can lay hold on; and when it is filled with food, it dies with that which is devoured by it. Such is the fire of divine wrath, hell fire, in which sinners are, as thorns and briers; and which is unquenchable, everlasting, burns for ever and ever; the Tophet, ordained of old, deep and large, the pile thereof is fire and much wood, kindled by the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
Isaiah 30:33. These are the four daughters of the horse leech which resemble that in its insatiableness. Jarchi makes mention of some that interpret the horse leech of "sheol", or the state of the dead; and the two daughters, of paradise and hell; the one says, "Give me the righteous"; and the other says, "Give me the wicked." Aben Ezra applies these four to the four generations before spoken of; the grave, into which are cast the generation of those that curse their father, and die before their time; the barren womb, the generation of those that are not washed from the filthiness of whoredom, and have no children; the earth not filled with water, the proud and haughty, who are humbled by famine; and the fire is that which descends from heaven, to consume the generation that destroy the poor and oppress the needy, as fire came down upon them in the days of Elijah. Jarchi takes notice of a Midrash, which applies these four things to the four monarchies; as it does also all the four things after mentioned.
r Thalia sive, l. 3. c. 16.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Note the numeration mounting to a climax, the two, the three, the four (Amos 1:3 etc.). The word rendered “horseleach” is found nowhere else, and its etymology is doubtful; but there are good grounds for taking the word in its literal sense, as giving an example, in the natural world, of the insatiable greed of which the next verse gives other instances. Its voracious appetite is here represented, to express its intensity, as two daughters, uttering the same ceaseless cry for more.
Proverbs 30:16
The grave - Hebrew שׁאול she'ôl. The “Hell” or Hades of Proverbs 27:20, all-consuming yet never full.
