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Proverbs 27:20

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

KJV

Infernus et perditio numquam implentur : similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles.

Vulgate

ᾅδης καὶ ἀπώλεια οὐκ ἐμπίμπλανται, ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄπληστοι. [1] βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ στηρίζων ὀφθαλμόν, καὶ οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἀκρατεῖς γλώσσῃ.

LXX

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

ASV

שְׁא֣וֹל ו/אבדה וַ֭/אֲבַדּוֹ לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה וְ/עֵינֵ֥י הָ֝/אָדָ֗ם לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
אבדה
'bdh
noun · 2×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • 1John 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • Eccl 1:8 — All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
  • Eccl 1:8 — All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
  • Eccl 2:10 — And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
  • Eccl 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I
  • Eccl 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I
  • Eccl 5:10 — He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
  • Eccl 6:7 — All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
  • Hab 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,
  • Hab 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,
  • Isa 5:14 — Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
  • Jer 22:17 — But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
  • Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
  • Prov 15:11 — Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
  • Prov 15:11 — Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
  • Prov 23:5 — Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • Prov 30:15 — The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
  • Prov 30:16 — The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
  • Ps 16:10 — For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.