15The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
16Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
Focused Passage
Proverbs 30:15-16
The Sayings of Agur: Humility, the Word of God, Contentment, Wonder, and the Limits of Human Wisdom
The chapter moves from Agur's confession of human limitation, to confidence in God's flawless word, to prayer for truth and contentment, to warnings about arrogance, greed, and dishonor, to wonder at creation and the mystery of hidden ways, to social disorder, to wisdom learned from small creatures, and finally to restraint against self-exaltation and anger.
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Verse 15
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The leechלַֽעֲלוּקָ֨ה׀H5936Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularhas twoשְׁתֵּ֥יH8147Number - feminine dual constructdaughtersבָנוֹת֮H1323Noun - feminine pluralGiveהַ֤ב׀H3051Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular[and] Giveהַ֥בH3051Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularThereהֵ֭נָּהH2007Pronoun - third person feminine pluralare threeשָׁל֣וֹשׁH7969Number - feminine singular[things that] are neverלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlesatisfiedתִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָהH7646Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine pluralfour [that]אַ֝רְבַּ֗עH702Number - feminine singularneverלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlesayאָ֥מְרוּH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralEnoughהֽוֹן׃H1952Noun - masculine singular
Verse 16
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Sheolשְׁאוֹל֮H7585Noun - common singularthe barrenוְעֹ֪צֶ֫רH6115Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructwombרָ֥חַםH7356Noun - masculine singularlandאֶ֭רֶץH776Noun - feminine singularneverלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlesatisfiedשָׂ֣בְעָהH7646Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularwith waterמַּ֑יִםH4325Noun - masculine pluraland fireוְ֝אֵ֗שׁH784Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singularthat neverלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlesaysאָ֥מְרָהH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularEnoughהֽוֹן׃H1952Noun - masculine singular