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Proverbs 27:20

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201aSheol and 2Abaddon are bnever satisfied,

Nor are the ceyes of man ever satisfied.

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Footnotes

  1. 1I.e. The nether world
  2. 2I.e. the place of destruction

Cross references

  1. aJob 26:6; Prov 15:11
  2. bProv 30:15, 16; Hab 2:5
  3. cEccl 1:8; 4:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,

and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Death and Destruction are never satisfied,

and neither are human eyes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,

and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

NLTNew Living Translation

Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied,

so human desire is never satisfied.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied,

and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied either.

KJV 1900King James Version

Hell and destruction are never full;

So the eyes of man are never satisfied.