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16 the grave,[a]
    the barren womb,
    the thirsty desert,
    the blazing fire.

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  1. 30:16 Hebrew Sheol.

20 Just as Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,
    so human desire is never satisfied.

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  1. 27:20 Hebrew Sheol and Abaddon.

Wealth[a] is treacherous,
    and the arrogant are never at rest.
They open their mouths as wide as the grave,[b]
    and like death, they are never satisfied.
In their greed they have gathered up many nations
    and swallowed many peoples.

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  1. 2:5a As in Dead Sea Scroll 1QpHab; other Hebrew manuscripts read Wine.
  2. 2:5b Hebrew as Sheol.

30 When Rachel saw that she wasn’t having any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She pleaded with Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

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