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15 The leech has two daughters:
    Give and Give.[a]
(A)Three things are never satisfied;
    (B)four never say, “Enough”:
16 (C)Sheol, (D)the barren womb,
    the land never satisfied with water,
    and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
17 The eye that (E)mocks a father
    and (F)scorns to obey a mother
will (G)be picked out by (H)the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:15 Or “Give, give,” they cry

15 “The leech has two daughters.
    ‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

“There are three things that are never satisfied,(A)
    four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
16 the grave,(B) the barren womb,
    land, which is never satisfied with water,
    and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

17 “The eye that mocks(C) a father,
    that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
    will be eaten by the vultures.(D)

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