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Proverbs 30:15
To the leech are two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;'
Proverbs 30:15 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 30:15 in other translations
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 leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
“The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:
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In context
12 A generation--pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
13 A generation--how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
14 A generation--swords are their teeth, And knives--their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.
15 To the leech are two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;'
16 Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth--it is not satisfied with water, And fire--it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'
17 An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
18 Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:
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