Proverbs 30:15 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 30:15

The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

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ASV

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not, Enough:

KJV

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

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Jerome

Against Jovinianus 1.28 (420)

Who can hide from himself what is thus enigmatically expressed? "The horseleech had three daughters, dearly loved, but they satisfied her not, and a fourth is not satisfied when you say Enough: the grave, and woman's love, and the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that does not say Enough." The horseleech is the devil, the daughters of the devil are dearly loved, and they cannot be satisfied with the blood of the slain: "the grave, and woman's love, and the earth dry and scorched with heat."

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The horse leech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give,.... Or "the blood sucker" (l); so it began to be called in the times of Pliny (m), to which the last generation of men may well be compared; blood thirsty creatures, that never have enough, and are not satisfied with the flesh of men, nor with their blood; and such particularly the Papists are: and not only this generation of men, but there are three or four things besides, which resemble the horse leech for its insatiableness; for the horse leech has not two daughters only, but more.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Note the numeration mounting to a climax, the two, the three, the four (Amo 1:3 etc.). The word rendered “horseleach” is found nowhere else, and its etymology is doubtful; but there are good grounds for taking the word in its literal sense, as giving an example, in the natural world, of the insatiable greed of which the next verse gives other instances. Its voracious appetite is here represented, to express its intensity, as two daughters, uttering the same ceaseless cry for more. Pro 30:16 The grave - Hebrew שׁאול she'ôl.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לַֽעֲלוּקָ֨ה׀	la.'a.lu.Kah	[belong] to a leech	H5936 →
שְׁתֵּ֥י	she.Tei	two	H8147 →
בָנוֹת֮	va.nOt	daughters	H1323 →
הַ֤ב׀	hav	give	H3051 →
הַ֥ב	hav	give	H3051 →
שָׁל֣וֹשׁ	sha.Lo.osh	three [things]	H7969 →
הֵ֭נָּה	He.nah	they	H2007 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה	tis.Ba'.nah	they are satisfied	H7646 →
אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע	'ar.Ba'	four [things]	H702 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
אָ֥מְרוּ	'A.me.ru	they say	H559 →
הֽוֹן׃	Hon	enough	H1952 →

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Proverbs 6:16
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
leads to
- Psalms 11:5
  The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
- Proverbs 8:13
  To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Proverbs 11:20
  The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
- Deuteronomy 25:16
  For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Proverbs 17:15
  Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
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Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
leads to
- Colossians 2:4
  I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
- Matthew 7:15
  Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- Micah 3:5
  This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their…

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