Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

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WEBBE

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

BSB

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

KJV

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

ASV

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

BBE

The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 20

Two things are here said to be never satisfied, death and sin. The appetites of the carnal mind for profit or pleasure are always desiring more. Those whose eyes are ever toward the Lord, are satisfied in him, and shall for ever be so.

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