Proverbs 27:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.Or Death and Destruction

KJV

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.never: Heb. not

WEB

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

LSV

Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, || And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

YLT

Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

DBY

Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

DRC

Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

GNV

The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.

JPS

The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; so the eyes of man are never satiated.

LXXE

Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable. [He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.]Heb. omits to ver 21.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שְׁא֣וֹל ואבדה לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה וְעֵינֵ֥י הָ֝אָדָ֗ם לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה׃Read aloud as (qere): וַ֭אֲבַדּוֹ

LXX-Br

Ἅδης καὶ ἀπώλεια οὐκ ἐμπίμπλανται, ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄπληστοι· βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ στηρίζων ὀφθαλμὸν, καὶ οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἀκρατεῖς γλώσσῃ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
• 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
• Proverbs 30:15–16The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
• Ecclesiastes 6:7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
• Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his…
• Ecclesiastes 2:10–11Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor. Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had…
• Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is…
• Ecclesiastes 5:10–11He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner,…
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
• Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
• Proverbs 15:11Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
• Job 26:6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

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