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14 there are those whose teeth are swords,
    whose teeth are knives,
to devour the poor from off the earth,
    the needy from among mortals.

15 The leech[a] has two daughters;
    ‘Give, give,’ they cry.
Three things are never satisfied;
    four never say, ‘Enough’:
16 Sheol, the barren womb,
    the earth ever thirsty for water,
    and the fire that never says, ‘Enough.’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Proverbs 30:16 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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