Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
New American Standard Bible
That her guests are in the
King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Holman Bible
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
International Standard Version
But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.
A Conservative Version
But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
American Standard Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Amplified
But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,
And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
Bible in Basic English
But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
Darby Translation
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Julia Smith Translation
And he knew not that there the shades; her called ones in the depths of hades
King James 2000
But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But he does not know that the dead [are] there, in the depths of Sheol [are] her guests.
Modern King James verseion
But he does not know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of hell.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But they consider not that death is there, and that her guests go down to hell.
New Heart English Bible
But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
The Emphasized Bible
But he knoweth not, that the shades are there; In the depths of hades, are her guests.
Webster
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
World English Bible
But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he hath not known that Rephaim are there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
Themes
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
Interlinear
Yada`
Qara'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 9:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolishness' Banquet
17 "Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!" 18 But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
Cross References
Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
Psalm 82:5
They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.
Proverbs 1:7
Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 2:18-19
For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.
Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
Proverbs 6:26
for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
2 Peter 3:5
For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.