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Proverbs 30:15
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13 There is a generation—oh, how alofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are1 lifted up. 
14 aThere is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
And whose fangs are like knives,
bTo devour the poor from off the earth,
And the needy from among men. 
15 The leech has two daughters—
Give and Give!
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, “Enough!”:
16 aThe1 grave,
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water—
And the fire never says, “Enough!” 
17 aThe eye that mocks his father,
And scorns obedience to his mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it. 
18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Yes, four which I do not understand:
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Proverbs 30:15-16

horse leech—supposed by some to be the vampire (a fabulous creature), as being literally insatiable; but the other subjects mentioned must be taken as this, comparatively insatiable. The use of a fabulous creature agreeably to popular notions is not inconsistent with inspiration.

There are three . . . yea, four—(Compare Proverbs 6:16).




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