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Proverbs 9:18

NETBible	But they do not realize¹ that the dead² are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 9:18	But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 9:18	But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 9:18	But the men don’t realize that her former guests are now in the grave.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 9:18	But they don't know about all the skeletons in her closet, that all her guests end up in hell.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 9:18	But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 9:18	But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 9:18	But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of hell.
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KJV	But he knoweth <03045> (8804) not that the dead <07496> [are] there; [and that] her guests <07121> (8803) [are] in the depths <06012> of hell <07585>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 9:18	But he does not know <03045> that the dead <07496> are there <08033> , That her guests <07121> are in the depths <06011> of Sheol <07585> .
LXXM	o <3588> T-NSM de <1161> PRT ouk <3364> ADV oiden {V-RAI-3S} oti <3754> CONJ ghgeneiv {A-NPM} par <3844> PREP auth <846> D-DSF olluntai {V-PMI-3P} kai <2532> CONJ epi <1909> PREP peteuron {N-ASN} adou <86> N-GSM sunanta <4876> V-PAI-3S (9:18a) alla <235> CONJ apophdhson {V-AAD-2S} mh <3165> ADV egcronishv {V-AAS-2S} en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM topw <5117> N-DSM mhde <3366> CONJ episthshv {V-AAS-2S} to <3588> T-ASN son <4674> A-ASN omma <3659> N-ASN prov <4314> PREP authn <846> D-ASF (9:18b) outwv <3778> ADV gar <1063> PRT diabhsh <1224> V-FMI-2S udwr <5204> N-NSN allotrion <245> A-ASM kai <2532> CONJ uperbhsh <5233> V-FMI-2S potamon <4215> N-ASM allotrion <245> A-ASM (9:18c) apo <575> PREP de <1161> PRT udatov <5204> N-GSN allotriou <245> A-GSN aposcou <568> V-AMD-2S kai <2532> CONJ apo <575> PREP phghv <4077> N-GSF allotriav <245> A-GSF mh <3165> ADV pihv <4095> V-AAS-2S (9:18d) ina <2443> CONJ polun <4183> A-ASM zhshv <2198> V-AAS-2S cronon <5550> N-ASM prosteyh <4369> V-APS-3S de <1161> PRT soi <4771> P-DS eth <2094> N-NPN zwhv <2222> N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	But they do not <03808> realize <03045> that <03588> the dead <07496> are there <08033> , that her guests <07121> are in the depths <06012> of the grave <07585> .
HEBREW	P hyarq <07121> lwas <07585> yqmeb <06012> Ms <08033> Myapr <07496> yk <03588> edy <03045> alw (9:18) <03808>

NETBible

But they do not realize¹ that the dead² are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “he does not know.”

²sn The “dead” are the Rephaim, the “shades” or dead persons who lead a shadowy existence in Sheol (e.g., Prov 2:18-19; Job 3:13-19; Ps 88:5; Isa 14:9-11). This approximates an “as-if” motif of wisdom literature: The ones ensnared in folly are as good as in Hell. See also Ptah-hotep’s sayings (ANET 412-414).

³tc The LXX adds to the end of v. 18: “But turn away, linger not in the place, neither set your eye on her: for thus will you go through alien water; but abstain from alien water, drink not from an alien fountain, that you may live long, that years of life may be added to you.”

³sn The text has “in the depths of Sheol” (בְּעִמְקֵי שְׁאוֹל, bÿ’imqe shÿ’ol). The parallelism stresses that those who turn to this way of life are ignorant and doomed. It may signal a literal death lying ahead in the not too distant future, but it is more likely an analogy. The point is that the life of folly, a life of undisciplined, immoral, riotous living, runs counter to God’s appeal for wisdom and leads to ruin. That is the broad way that leads to destruction.