Proverbs 27:20 
KonteksNETBible | As 1 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, 2 so the eyes of a person 3 are never satisfied. 4 |
NASB © biblegateway Pro 27:20 |
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied. |
HCSB | Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people's eyes are never satisfied. |
LEB | Hell and decay are never satisfied, and a person’s eyes are never satisfied. |
NIV © biblegateway Pro 27:20 |
Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man. |
ESV | Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 27:20 |
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied. |
REB | Sheol and Abaddon are insatiable; so too the human eye is never satisfied. |
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 27:20 |
Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
KJV | Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
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NETBible | As 1 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, 2 so the eyes of a person 3 are never satisfied. 4 |
NET Notes |
1 tn The term “as” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation in light of the analogy. 2 sn Countless generations of people have gone into the world below; yet “death” is never satisfied – it always takes more. The line personifies Death and Destruction. It forms the emblem in the parallelism. 3 tn Heb “eyes of a man.” This expression refers to the desires – what the individual looks longingly on. Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:34 (one of the rabbinic Midrashim) says, “No man dies and has one-half of what he wanted.” 4 tc The LXX contains a scribal addition: “He who fixes his eye is an abomination to the |