THEOSISProverbs 30:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Hell and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.
שְׁאוֹל֮ וְעֹ֢צֶ֫ר רָ֥חַם אֶ֭רֶץ לֹא־שָׂ֣בְעָה מַּ֑יִם וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ לֹא־אָ֥מְרָה הֽוֹן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 27:20Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
- Hab 2:5And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all people.
- Gen 30:1And Rachel seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.