They know nothing; they understand nothing— they walk about in darkness. All of earth’s foundations are shaken.
Proverbs 9:18 - Tree of Life Version But he does not know that the dead are there— her guests are in the depths of Sheol. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; And that her guests are in the depths of hell. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But he knows not that the shades of the dead are there [specters haunting the scene of past transgressions], and that her invited guests are [already sunk] in the depths of Sheol (the lower world, Hades, the place of the dead). American Standard Version (1901) But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol. Common English Bible But they don’t know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of the grave. Catholic Public Domain Version And he did not know that giants are there, and that her companions are in the depths of Hell. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The Parables of Solomon |
They know nothing; they understand nothing— they walk about in darkness. All of earth’s foundations are shaken.
For the backsliding of the naïve will kill them and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
The fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a loaf of bread; a man’s wife preys on your precious life.
For many are the victims she has brought down, and numerous are all her slain.
Her house is a highway to Sheol, leading down to the chambers of death.
For in holding to this idea, it escapes their notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.