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Proverbs 27:20
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Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
People will never stop dying and being destroyed, and they will never stop wanting more than they have.
As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iyen of men moun not be fillid.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Death and the grave are never satisfied, and neither are we.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
Sh'ol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Just as the place of death and destruction is never full, people always want more and more.
The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; so the eyes of man are never satiated.
Hell and destruction are neuer full: so the eyes of man are neuer satisfied.
The place of the dead is never filled, and the eyes of man are never filled.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.
The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.
Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Human desires are like the world of the dead—there is always room for more.
Hades and destruction, are not satisfied, and, the eyes of a man, are not satisfied.
Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
Hell and destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied.
As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
She'ol and Avaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied either.
Sheol and destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
Like as hell & destruccion are neuer full, euen so the eyes of me can neuer be satisfied.
Hell has a voracious appetite, and lust just never quits.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of a person ever satisfied.
Hell [fn] and Destruction [fn] are never full;So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Hell: Proverbs 30:15, Proverbs 30:16, Habakkuk 2:5
never: Heb. not
so: Proverbs 23:5, Ecclesiastes 1:8, Ecclesiastes 2:10, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Ecclesiastes 5:11, Ecclesiastes 6:7, Jeremiah 22:17, 1 John 2:16
Reciprocal: Psalms 16:10 - my Psalms 55:23 - pit Proverbs 15:11 - Hell Ecclesiastes 4:8 - is his Isaiah 5:14 - hell
Cross-References
And he said, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master Abraham.
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain [that is, irreverently, in false affirmations or in ways that impugn the character of God]; for the LORD will not hold guiltless nor leave unpunished the one who takes His name in vain [disregarding its reverence and its power].
"Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hell and destruction are never full,.... The grave, as the word used often signifies; and which may be called "destruction", because bodies laid in it are soon corrupted and destroyed; and though bodies are cast into it and devoured by it, it is ready for more; it is one of the four things which never have enough. The place where Gog is said to be buried is called Hamongog, the multitude of Gog, Ezekiel 39:11; and by the Septuagint there Polyandrion, which is the name the Greeks give to a burying place, because many men are buried there; and with the Latins the dead are called Plures o, the many, or the more; and yet the grave is never satisfied with them, Proverbs 30:16. Or hell, the place of everlasting damnation and destruction, is meant, which has received multitudes of souls already, and where there is room for more, nor will it be full until the last day;
so the eyes of man are never satisfied; as not the eyes of his body with seeing corporeal objects, but still are desirous of seeing more, and indeed everything that is to be seen, and are never glutted, Ecclesiastes 1:8; so neither the eyes of the carnal mind, or the lusts of it, which are insatiable things, let the objects of them be what they will; as in an ambitious man, a covetous person, or an unclean one.
o Plauti Trinum, Act. 2. Sc. 2. v. 14.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hades, the world of the dead, and Destruction (Death, the destroying power, personified) have been at all times and in all countries thought of as all-devouring, insatiable (compare the marginal reference). Yet one thing is equally so, the lust of the eye, the restless craving which grows with what it feeds on Ecclesiastes 1:8.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 27:20. Hell and destruction are never full — How hideous must the soul of a covetous man be, when God compares it to hell and perdition!
The eyes of man are never satisfied. — As the grave can never be filled up with bodies, nor perdition with souls; so the restless desire, the lust of power, riches, and splendour, is never satisfied. Out of this ever unsatisfied desire spring all the changing fashions, the varied amusements, and the endless modes of getting money, prevalent in every age, and in every country.
