Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Nor are the
King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Holman Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Hades and destruction, are not satisfied, and, the eyes of a man, are not 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.
Themes
Eye » Figurative » Of evil desire, never satisfied
Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing
Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
19
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
20
Nor are the
Cross References
Proverbs 30:15-16
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough":
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Habakkuk 2:5
"Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples."
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
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 the children of man!
Proverbs 23:5
When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
Jeremiah 22:17
But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world.