Verse List for PROV 27:20

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OET (OET-RV) The grave and destruction are never satisfied, ⇔ ≈ and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

OET-LV Shəʼōl and_ʼAⱱaddōn _of[fn] not they _are _satisfied and_the _eyes _of the_humankind not they _are _satisfied.

ULT Sheol and Abaddon are not satisfied, ⇔ and the eyes of the man are not satisfied.

UST Just as the place where dead people go never becomes full; ⇔  so people never stop wanting things.

BSB & MSB Sheol and Abaddon[fn] are never satisfied; ⇔  so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Sheol[fn] and Abaddon are never satisfied; ⇔  and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

NET As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, ⇔ so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

LSV Sheol and destruction are not satisfied,
And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

FBV In the same way that the grave and destruction[fn] are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied.

T4T ⇔  It is as though the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to die and come there; ⇔  and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, too.

LEB • Sheol[fn] and Abaddon[fn] will not be satisfied,
• and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied either.

BBE The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

Moff Death and the grave are never satisfied; ⇔  neither are man’s desires.

JPS The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; so the eyes of man are never satiated.

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

DRA Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

YLT Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

Drby Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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

SLT Hades and destruction shall not be satisfied; and the eyes of man shall not be satisfied.

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

KJB-1769 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]Hell and destruction are neuer full: so the eyes of man are neuer satisfied.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Hell and destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied.
(Hell and destruction are never full: even so the eyes of men can never be satisfied.)

Gnva The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.
(The grave and destruction can never be full, so the eyes of man can never be satisfied.)

Cvdl Like as hell & destruccion are neuer full, euen so the eyes of me can neuer be satisfied.
(Like as hell and destruction are never full, even so the eyes of me can never be satisfied.)

Wycl Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iyen of men moun not be fillid.
(Helle and perdition/destruction/punishment should not be filled; so and the eyes of men may/can not be filled.)

Luth Hölle und Verderbnis werden nimmer voll, und der Menschen Augen sind auch unsättig.
(hell and Verderbnis become never full/whole, and the/of_the people eyes are also unsättig.)

ClVg Infernus et perditio numquam implentur: similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles.[fn]
(Infernus and destruction never implentur: likewise and eyes of_men insatiabiles.)

UHB שְׁא֣וֹל וַ֭אֲבַדּוֹ [fn] לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה וְ⁠עֵינֵ֥י הָ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἅδης καὶ ἀπώλεια οὐκ ἐμπίμπλανται, ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄπληστοι·

BrTr Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable.