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15 
The leech has two daughters,
“Give, give!”
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four that do not say, “It is enough”:
16 
[a]Sheol, and the barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “It is enough.”
17 
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:16 Hades, the nether world, the place of the dead.

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