Proverbs 30:16

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Proverbs 30:16


← Proverbs 30:15 Proverbs 30:16 (KJV) Proverbs 30:17 →
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say 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.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The graveH7585; and the barrenH6115 wombH7356; the earthH776 that is not filledH7646 with waterH4325; and the fireH784 that saithH559 not, It is enoughH1952.


Original Hebrew

שְׁאֹול וְעֹצֶר רָחַם אֶרֶץ לֹא־שָׂבְעָה מַּיִם וְאֵשׁ לֹא־אָמְרָה הֹון׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
שְׁאוֹל֮
she.'Ol H7585 HNp Sheol
וְ/עֹ֪צֶ֫ר
ve./'O.Tzer H6115 HC/Ncmsc and/ barrenness of
רָ֥חַם
Ra.cham H7356 HNcbsa a womb
אֶ֭רֶץ
'E.retz H776 HNcbsa land
לֹא
lo'- H3808 HTn (which) not
שָׂ֣בְעָה
Sa.ve.'ah H7646 HVqp3fs it is satisfied
מַּ֑יִם
Ma.yim H4325 HNcmpa water
וְ֝/אֵ֗שׁ
ve./'Esh H784 HC/Ncbsa and/ fire
לֹא
lo'- H3808 HTn (which) not
אָ֥מְרָה
'A.me.rah H559 HVqp3fs it says
הֽוֹן
Hon H1952 HNcmsa enough
Strong's References
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  • H784 — אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, aysh): a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
  • H1952 — הוֹן (hôwn, hone): from the same as הוּן (hûwn) H1951 in the sense of אוֹן (ʼôwn) H202; wealth; by implication, enough; enough, [phrase] for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
  • H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
  • H6115 — עֹצֶר (ʻôtser, o'-tser): from עָצָר (ʻâtsâr) H6113; closure; also constraint; [idiom] barren, oppression, [idiom] prison.
  • H7356 — רַחַם (racham, rakh'-am): from רָחַם (râcham) H7355; compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden; bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
  • H7585 — שְׁאוֹל (shᵉʼôwl, sheh-ole'): or שְׁאֹל (shᵉʼôl); from שָׁאַל (shâʼal) H7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates; grave, hell, pit.
  • H7646 — שָׂבַע (sâbaʻ, saw-bah'): or שָׂבֵעַ (sâbêaʻ); a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively); have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
Cross References

Reciprocal references (4): Ecclesiastes 1:8, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Hosea 4:18

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