Proverbs 30:15

Proverbs 30:15

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:

19 The way of an eagle in the air,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the¹ midst of the sea,
And the way of a man with a virgin.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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The horse - leach - An insatiable creature, sucking blood 'till it is ready to burst. Two daughters - The following things resemble the horse - leach in its insatiableness; nothing being more ordinary than to call those persons or things the sons or daughters of those whose examples they imitate. Three - Though he begins with two, yet he proceeds from thence to three, and four, all which are said to be the daughters of the horse - leach.

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