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Proverbs 30:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Proverbs 30:16

Verse 16 of 33

Scripture focus

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

Commentary on Proverbs 30:16

Theological / Devotional

It is enough. The grave can never be so filled that there is no more room for death; the childless Israelite woman could never cease from her urgent desire to have children so that she might hold up her head among other women (see Gen. 30:1; cf. Gen. 16:4); a parched, “thirsty” soil can never get enough water to render it permanently fertile; and a fire will devour all it is given and never be satisfied.

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