Holman Christian Standard Bible

Proverbs 30:14-18 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14. There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind.

15. The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”Three things are never satisfied;four never say, “Enough! ”:

16. Sheol; a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water;and fire, which never says, “Enough! ”

17. As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother,may ravens of the valley pluck it outand young vultures eat it.

18. Three things are beyond me;four I can’t understand: