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Proverbs 27

Prov. 27:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hell
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
r and destruction
'abaddoh (Hebrew #10)
a perishing
KJV usage: destruction.
Pronounce: ab-ad-do'
Origin: the same as 9, miswritten for 11
'abaddown (Hebrew #11)
abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades
KJV usage: destruction.
Pronounce: ab-ad-done'
Origin: intensive from 6
are πnever
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
full
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
; sos the eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
are never satisfied
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
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Prov. 30:16• 16—{i}Sheol, and the barren womb;{HR}The earth which is not filled with water,{HR}And the fire which saith not, It is enough.{/i} (Prov. 30:16)
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not.
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Eccl. 1:8• 8All things [are] fatiguing; one cannot express [them]:{HR}The eye is not satisfied with seeing,{HR}Nor is the ear filled with hearing. (Eccl. 1:8)

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Destruction,
Hell

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Ministry on This Verse

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Hell.
Prov. 30:15‑16• 15{i}The leech hath two daughters: Give, give.{HR}There are three [things] never satisfied;{HR}Four which say not, It is enough:{HR}{/i}
 16—{i}Sheol, and the barren womb;{HR}The earth which is not filled with water,{HR}And the fire which saith not, It is enough.{/i} (Prov. 30:15‑16)
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Hab. 2:5• 5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people. (Hab. 2:5)
never.
Heb. not.
so.
Prov. 23:5• 5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon what is not?{HR}For indeed it maketh itself wings, and it flieth away,{HR}As an eagle toward the heavens. (Prov. 23:5)
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Eccl. 1:8• 8All things [are] fatiguing; one cannot express [them]:{HR}The eye is not satisfied with seeing,{HR}Nor is the ear filled with hearing. (Eccl. 1:8)
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Eccl. 2:10‑11• 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them:{HR}I withheld not my heart from any joy,{HR}For my heart rejoiced because of my labour.
 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,{HR}And on the labour that I had laboured to do:{HR}And, behold, all [was] vanity and a striving after wind,{HR}And there was no profit under the sun. (Eccl. 2:10‑11)
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Eccl. 5:10‑11• 10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver;{HR}Nor he that loveth abundance with increase:{HR}This also is vanity.
 11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them:{HR}And what advantage is there to the owner thereof,{HR}Save the beholding of them with his eyes? (Eccl. 5:10‑11)
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Eccl. 6:7• 7All the labour of man is for his mouth,{HR}And yet the appetite is not filled. (Eccl. 6:7)
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Jer. 22:17• 17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. (Jer. 22:17)
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1 John 2:16• 16because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (1 John 2:16)
• The natural heart will not permit the eyes to be satisfied. There is in man a capacity likened to sheol and destruction. Let him get all he may, he still yearns for more. This is the great lesson of the book of Ecclesiastes. There, we find a man with a heart so large that all the world could not fill it. In the Canticles, on the other hand, we have an Object so great that the heart cannot hold it, but the cry goes up, “I am sick of love.” (“Proverbs Twenty-Seven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Sheol and destructiond are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

JND Translation Notes

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As ch. 15.11; Job 26.6.

W. Kelly Translation

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Sheol and destruction are insatiable;{HR}So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)