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16 Sheol, the barren womb,
    the earth ever thirsty for water,
    and the fire which never says, “Enough.”[a]

17 The eye that mocks a father
    and scorns to obey a mother
will be picked out by the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

18 Three things are too wonderful for me;
    four I do not understand:

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  1. Proverbs 30:16 Heb obscure

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