Proverbs 30:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁶Sheol, the barren womb,
the earth ever thirsty for water,
and the fire that never says, ‘Enough.’^[a]

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

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

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Proverbs 30:16 Meaning of Heb uncertain

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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