Proverbs 30:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁶the place of death, a woman with no children, dry ground that needs rain, and a fire that will never stop by itself.

¹⁷People who make fun of their father or refuse to obey their mother should have their eyes plucked out by wild birds and be eaten by vultures.

¹⁸There are three things that are hard for me to understand—really, four things that I don’t understand:

Proverbs 30:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶the grave,^(A) the barren womb,
land, which is never satisfied with water,
and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

¹⁷“The eye that mocks^(B) a father,
that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by the vultures.^(C)

¹⁸“There are three things that are too amazing for me,
four that I do not understand:

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