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Proverbs 30:15-16
Contemporary English Version

15 Greed[a] has twins,
    each named “Give me!”
There are three or four things
    that are never satisfied:
16 The world of the dead
    and a childless wife,
the thirsty earth
    and a flaming fire.

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  1. 30.15 Greed: Or “A leech.”
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Proverbs 30:15-16
New International Version

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!’

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