Proverbs 27:20

20 Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.

Proverbs 27:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
ESV
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
NLT
20 Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.
MSG
20 Hell has a voracious appetite, and lust just never quits.
CSB
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people's eyes are never satisfied.

Proverbs 27:20 In-Context

18 The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
19 As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.
20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Proverbs 30:15-16; Habakkuk 2:5
  • 2. Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 6:7

Footnotes 1

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