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Proverbs 30:16 Cross-References
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“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 (KJV)
Commentary on 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. The four insatiable things: sheol (שְׁאוֹל, the grave/realm of the dead), otzer rechem (עֹצֶר רֶחֶם, closed womb), eretz (אֶרֶץ, earth/land) never satisfied with water, and esh (אֵשׁ, fire) that never says "Enough!" (hon, הוֹן).Sheol appears sixty-five times in the Old Testament as the shadowy abode of all the dead before Christ's resurrection. Proverbs 27:20 parallels: "Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied." Death is insatiable, claiming ev...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 30:16
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“Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.”
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“Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob”