Proverbs 30:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

Young's Literal Translation
Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth—it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire—it hath not said, ‘Sufficiency,’

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

Hebrew
Sheol,
שְׁאוֹל֮ (šə·’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

the barren
וְעֹ֪צֶ֫ר (wə·‘ō·ṣer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6115: Closure, constraint

womb,
רָ֥חַם (rā·ḥam)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7356: Compassion, the womb, a maiden

land
אֶ֭רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

that is never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

satisfied
שָׂ֣בְעָה (śā·ḇə·‘āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

with water,
מַּ֑יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

and fire
וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ (wə·’êš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

that never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

says,
אָ֥מְרָה (’ā·mə·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Enough!”
הֽוֹן׃ (hō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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