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Proverbs 27:20

NETBible	As¹ Death and Destruction are never satisfied,² so the eyes of a person³ are never satisfied.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 27:20	Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 27:20	Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 27:20	Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 27:20	Hell has a voracious appetite, and lust just never quits.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 27:20	The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 27:20	Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 27:20	Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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KJV	Hell <07585> and destruction <011> (8675) <010> are never <03808> full <07646> (8799)_; so the eyes <05869> of man <0120> are never satisfied <07646> (8799)_. {never: Heb. not}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 27:20	Sheol <07585> and Abaddon <011> are never <03808> satisfied <07646> , Nor <03808> are the eyes <05869> of man <0120> ever satisfied <07646> .
LXXM	(34:20) adhv <86> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ apwleia <684> N-NSF ouk <3364> ADV empimplantai {V-PMI-3P} wsautwv <5615> ADV kai <2532> CONJ oi <3588> T-NPM ofyalmoi <3788> N-NPM twn <3588> T-GPM anyrwpwn <444> N-GPM aplhstoi {A-NPM} (34:20a) bdelugma <946> N-NSN kuriw <2962> N-DSM sthrizwn <4741> V-PAPNS ofyalmon <3788> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ oi <3588> T-NPM apaideutoi <521> A-NPM akrateiv <193> A-NPM glwssh <1100> N-DSF
NET [draft] ITL	As Death <07585> and Destruction <010> are never <03808> satisfied <07646> , so the eyes <05869> of a person <0120> are never <03808> satisfied <07646> .
HEBREW	hnebvt <07646> al <03808> Mdah <0120> ynyew <05869> hnebvt <07646> al <03808> *wdbaw {hdbaw} <010> lwas (27:20) <07585>

NETBible

As¹ Death and Destruction are never satisfied,² so the eyes of a person³ are never satisfied.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn The term “as” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation in light of the analogy.

²sn Countless generations of people have gone into the world below; yet “death” is never satisfied – it always takes more. The line personifies Death and Destruction. It forms the emblem in the parallelism.

³tn Heb “eyes of a man.” This expression refers to the desires – what the individual looks longingly on. Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:34 (one of the rabbinic Midrashim) says, “No man dies and has one-half of what he wanted.”

⁴tc The LXX contains a scribal addition: “He who fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord, and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongues.” This is unlikely to be original.