Proverbs 30:16

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Note the numeration mounting to a climax, the two, the three, the four ( Amos 1:3 etc.). The word rendered “horseleach” is found nowhere else, and...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 30. The Sayings of Agur. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1-9 , or Proverbs 30:1-4 only....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The grave . Sheol. App-35.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Words of Agur The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The grave. — See above, on Proverbs 15:11 , where it is translated “hell.”
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectur...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Advice of a Shrewd Observer Proverbs 30:1-17 This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of whom we know nothing fur...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 g...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The grave ,.... Which is the first of the four daughters, or insatiable things, which resemble the horse leech: the grave is the house appointed for...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough. Ver. 16. The grave. ] Wh...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The grave, and the barren womb As the Israelitish women did generally and vehemently desire to have many children, for divers reasons elsewhere men...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in chara...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Four Things Unsearchable. 15 The horseleach hath two daughters, cryi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The barren womb; for as the Israelitish women did generally and vehemently desire many children, for divers reasons elsewhere mentioned; so those w...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:15 . Horseleech , or “ vampire , an imaginary spectre or ghost, supposed to suck the blood of children.” (Stuart.)...
Scofield Reference Notes

grave Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 30:1 . The words of Agur. The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the ti...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 30:1-20 Part VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Agur." A short introd...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Word as the Source and Dispenser of all Wisdom
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

the grave, although the number of dead are placed into it in endless succession, and the barren womb, where conception and birth is not possible,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:5 ; Proverbs 27:20

¹⁶ The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 30:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 30:16