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Proverbs 27:20
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Proverbs 27:20
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Death and Destruction
[a]
are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
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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.
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2
1.
Proverbs 30:15-16
;
Habakkuk 2:5
2.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
;
Ecclesiastes 6:7
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[a].
Hebrew "Abaddon"
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