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Proverbs 30:15

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← Proverbs 30:14	Proverbs 30:15 (KJV)	Proverbs 30:16 →
[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.	The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:	The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The horseleach^H5936 hath two^H8147 daughters^H1323, crying, Give^H3051, give^H3051. There are three^H7969 things that are never satisfied^H7646, yea, four^H702 things say^H559 not, It is enough^H1952:

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Original Hebrew

לַעֲלוּקָה ׀ שְׁתֵּי בָנֹות הַב ׀ הַב שָׁלֹושׁ הֵנָּה לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה אַרְבַּע לֹא־אָמְרוּ הֹון׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לַֽ/עֲלוּקָ֨ה	la./'a.lu.Kah	H5936	HR/Ncfsa	(belong) to/ a leech
שְׁתֵּ֥י	she.Tei	H8147	HAcfdc	two
בָנוֹת֮	va.nOt	H1323	HNcfpa	daughters
הַ֤ב	hav	H3051	HVqv2ms	give
הַ֥ב	hav	H3051	HVqv2ms	give
שָׁל֣וֹשׁ	sha.Lo.osh	H7969	HAcfsa	three (things)
הֵ֭נָּה	He.nah	H2007	HPp3fp	they
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה	tis.Ba'.nah	H7646	HVqi3fp	they are satisfied
אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע	'ar.Ba'	H702	HAcfsa	four (things)
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
אָ֥מְרוּ	'A.me.ru	H559	HVqp3cp	they say
הֽוֹן	Hon	H1952	HNcmsa	enough

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from רָבַע; four; four.
• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• H1952 — הוֹן (hôwn, hone): from the same as הוּן in the sense of אוֹן; wealth; by implication, enough; enough, [phrase] for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
• H3051 — יָהַב (yâhab, yaw-hab'): a primitive root; to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come; ascribe, bring, come on, give, go, set, take.
• H5936 — עֲלוּקָה (ʻălûwqâh, al-oo-kaw'): feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck; the leech; horse-leech.
• H7646 — שָׂבַע (sâbaʻ, saw-bah'): or שָׂבֵעַ; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively); have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H2007 — הֵנָּה (hênnâh, hane'-naw): prolongation for הֵן; themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation); [idiom] in, [idiom] such (and such things), their, (into) them, thence, therein, these, they (had), on this side, whose, wherein.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Give — Isaiah 56:11-12, Hosea 4:18, Micah 7:3, Romans 16:18, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:13-15, Jude 1:11-12
• The horseleach — Isaiah 57:3, Ezekiel 16:44-46, Matthew 23:32, John 8:39, John 8:44
• There — Proverbs 6:16, Proverbs 30:21, Proverbs 30:24, Proverbs 30:29, Amos 1:3, Amos 1:6, Amos 1:9, Amos 1:11, Amos 1:13, Amos 2:1, Amos 2:4

Reciprocal references (7): Genesis 33:9, Judges 18:20, Proverbs 27:20, Ecclesiastes 1:8, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Habakkuk 2:5

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DESIRE, EVIL
• Nave’s: HORSE-LEECH, RIDDLE

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