Proverbs 27:20 - New Revised Standard Version Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hell and destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied; so [the lust of] the eyes of man is never satisfied. [Prov. 30:16; Hab. 2:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. Common English Bible The grave and the underworld are never satisfied; and people’s eyes are never satisfied. Catholic Public Domain Version Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied. |
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord, how much more human hearts!
When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes wings to itself, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.
All things are wearisome; more than one can express; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, or the ear filled with hearing.
the case of solitary individuals, without sons or brothers; yet there is no end to all their toil, and their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For whom am I toiling,” they ask, “and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure; the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and all who exult in her.
But your eyes and heart are only on your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.
Moreover, wealth is treacherous; the arrogant do not endure. They open their throats wide as Sheol; like Death they never have enough. They gather all nations for themselves, and collect all peoples as their own.
You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.
for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.