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15 For the leech, there are two daughters;
    “Give, give!” they cry.
As for three of these, they are not satisfied;
    as for four, they do not say enough.
16 Sheol[a] and barrenness of womb,
    the land is not satisfied with water,
    and fire does not say “enough!”
17 The eye that mocks a father
    and scorns the obedience of a mother—
the ravens of the valley will peck it out,
    and the offspring of vultures will eat it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:16 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld