Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes. New Living Translation Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied. English Standard Version Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. Berean Standard Bible Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. King James Bible Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. New King James Version Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied. New American Standard Bible Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of a person ever satisfied. NASB 1995 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied. NASB 1977 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied. Legacy Standard Bible Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, So the eyes of man are never satisfied. Amplified Bible Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied; Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied. Christian Standard Bible Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied. Holman Christian Standard Bible Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied. American Standard Version Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Sheol and destruction are not full, neither are the eyes of men satisfied. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version Death and the grave are never satisfied, and neither are humans. Douay-Rheims Bible Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied. English Revised Version Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and the eyes of man are never satisfied. GOD'S WORD® Translation Hell and decay are never satisfied, and a person's eyes are never satisfied. Good News Translation Human desires are like the world of the dead--there is always room for more. International Standard Version Sheol and Abaddon are never satiated, and neither are human eyes. JPS Tanakh 1917 The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; So the eyes of man are never satiated. Literal Standard Version Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, | And the eyes of man are not satisfied. Majority Standard Bible Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. New American Bible Sheol and Abaddon can never be satisfied; so the eyes of mortals can never be satisfied. NET Bible As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied. New Revised Standard Version Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied. New Heart English Bible Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied. Webster's Bible Translation Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. World English Bible Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied. Young's Literal Translation Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. Additional Translations ... Context Do not Boast about Tomorrow…19As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man. 20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.… Cross References 1 John 2:16 For 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. Job 26:6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. Proverbs 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD--how much more the hearts of men! Proverbs 27:19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man. Proverbs 30:15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!': Proverbs 30:16 Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, 'Enough!' Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing. Treasury of Scripture Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. hell Proverbs 30:15,16 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: … Habakkuk 2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: never Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. Ecclesiastes 2:10,11 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour… Jump to Previous Abaddon Death Destruction Enough Eyes Full Hell Insatiable Nether-World Satiated Satisfied Sheol UnderworldJump to Next Abaddon Death Destruction Enough Eyes Full Hell Insatiable Nether-World Satiated Satisfied Sheol UnderworldProverbs 27 1. observations of self love5. of true love 11. of care to avoid offenses 23. and of the household care (20) Hell and destruction.--See above on Proverbs 15:11. The eyes of man are never satisfied.--Comp. Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 4:8. God would thus teach us that in Himself only can man find complete satisfaction. (Comp. Psalm 36:8-9; 1Corinthians 2:9.) . . . Verse 20. - Hell and destruction are never full. "Hell" is sheol, the under-world, Hades, the place of the departed; "destruction" is the great depth, the second death, personified (see on Proverbs 15:11, where the terms also occur). These "are never satisfied," they are insatiable, all-devouring (comp. Proverbs 30:16; Isaiah 5:14; Habakkuk 2:5). So the eyes of man are never satisfied. The verb is the same in both clauses, and ought to have been so translated. The eye is taken as the representative of concupiscence in general. What is true of "the lust of the eyes" (1 John 2:16) is true of all the senses; the craving for their gratification grows as it is fed. Therefore the senses should be carefully guarded, lest they lead to excess and transgression. "Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity," said the psalmist, "and quicken me in thy way" (Psalm 119:37). The LXX. here introduces a paragraph not in the Hebrew or the Latin Versions: "He that fixes (στηρίζων) his eye [i.e. staring impudently] is an abomination to the Lord, and the uninstructed restrain not their tongue."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Sheolשְׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl) Noun - common singular Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) and Abaddon וַ֭אֲבַדּוֹ (wa·’ă·ḇad·dōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 10: Destruction are never לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no satisfied; תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה (ṯiś·ba‘·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited so the eyes וְעֵינֵ֥י (wə·‘ê·nê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain of man הָ֝אָדָ֗ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being are never לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no satisfied. תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה׃ (ṯiś·ba‘·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited Links Proverbs 27:20 NIVProverbs 27:20 NLT Proverbs 27:20 ESV Proverbs 27:20 NASB Proverbs 27:20 KJV Proverbs 27:20 BibleApps.com Proverbs 27:20 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 27:20 Chinese Bible Proverbs 27:20 French Bible Proverbs 27:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied (Prov. 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