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14 There is a generation whose teeth are swords,
    and its jawbones, knives,
in order to devour the poor from the earth[a]
    and the needy from humankind.
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[b] and barrenness of womb,
    the land is not satisfied with water,
    and fire does not say “enough!”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:14 Or “land”
  2. Proverbs 30:16 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld