20Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.


In Context

17 Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.

19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

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

21 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

22 If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

Proverbs 27:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:20Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:20Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and the eyes of man are never satisfied.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:20Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.