Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Hades and destruction, are not satisfied, and, the eyes of a man, are not satisfied.

New American Standard Bible

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.

King James Version

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Holman Bible

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

International Standard Version

Sheol and Abaddon are never satiated, and neither are human eyes.

A Conservative Version

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and the eyes of man are never satisfied.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied;
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.

Bible in Basic English

The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Hades and destruction shall not be satisfied; and the eyes of man shall not be satisfied.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied [either].

Modern King James verseion

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Like as hell and destruction are never full, even so the eyes of men can never be satisfied.

NET Bible

As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

New Heart English Bible

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied.

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

H11
אבדּון 
'abaddown 
Usage: 5


Usage: 0

שׂבע שׂבע 
Saba` 
Usage: 98

so the eyes
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

of man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

All About Life

19 As in water, face answereth to face, so, the heart of man to man. 20 Hades and destruction, are not satisfied, and, the eyes of a man, are not satisfied. 21 Fining pot for silver, and crucible for gold, and, a man, is to be tried by what he praiseth.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:15-16

The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All words, are weak, unable is any man to tell, - not satisfied is the eye by seeing, nor filled is the ear with hearing.

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover also, when wine betrayeth, a man, is arrogant, and findeth no rest, - because he hath enlarged, like hades, his desire, yea, he, is like death, and cannot be satisfied, - but hath gathered unto himself, all the nations, and assembled unto himself, all the peoples.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the toil of man, is for his mouth, - though, even the desire, is not satisfied!

Job 26:6

Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction;

Proverbs 15:11

Hades and destruction, are before Yahweh, how much more then, the hearts of the sons of men.

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

and, nothing that mine eyes asked, withheld I from them, - I did not keep back my heart from any gladness, for, my heart, obtained gladness out of all my toil, and so, this, was my portion, out of all my toil.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, - neither saith he For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!

Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver nor, he that loveth abundance, with revenue, - -even this, was vanity.

Jeremiah 22:17

Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!

1 John 2:16

Because, all that is in the world - the coveting of the flesh, the coveting of the eyes, and the vain grandeur of life - is not of the Father, but is, of the world;

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