Proverbs 30:15 — Compare Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

To the leech [are] two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;`

English ASV

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

English Amplified

The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four that do not say, It is enough:

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four that do not say, It is enough:

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!” Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough!”:

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

English EASY 2024

A greedy leech has two daughters. They are always saying, ‘Give me more!’ There are three things that never have enough for themselves, even four things:

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Greedy people know only two things: "Give me," and "Give me." There are three other things that are never satisfied—really, four things that never have enough:

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

The leech has two daughters; "Give" and "Give," they cry. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough":

English GNT (Good News Translation)

A leech has two daughters, and both are named “Give me!” There are four things that are never satisfied:

English God's Word - GW 1995

The bloodsucking leech has two daughters—"Give!" and "Give!" Three things are never satisfied. Four never say, "Enough!":

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The leech has two daughters: Give, Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough!":

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

The leech has two daughters, “Give,” “Give.” There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, “Enough”:

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The leech has two daughters: Give! Give! Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The leech has two daughters, "Give,Give." There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, "Enough":

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The two daughters of the leech are, "Give, Give." Three things are never satisfied, four never say, "Enough!"

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The leech has two daughters: “Give! Give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough” —

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"A bloodsucking worm has two daughters. They cry out, 'Give! Give!' "Three things are never satisfied. Four things never say, 'Enough!'

English NIV

"The leech has two daughters. 'Give! Give!' they cry. "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!':

English NKJ 1982

The leech has two daughters— Give and Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, Four never say, “Enough!”:

English NLT

The leech has two suckers that cry out, "More, more!" There are three other things--no, four!--that are never satisfied:

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The leech has two daughters; "Give, give," they cry. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough":

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

There are three words to describe the greedy: “Give me more!” There are some things that are never satisfied. Forever craving more, they’re unable to say, “That’s enough!” Here are four:

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The leech has two daughters; “Give, give,” they cry. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

There are two things never satisfied, like a leech forever craving more: no, three things! no, four!

English Tyndale 1537

This generation which is like an horseleach, hath two daughters: the one is called fetch hither, and the other bring hither.