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


In Context

17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

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

21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.

22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:20Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so 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.