Proverbs 27:20

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Proverbs 27:20


← Proverbs 27:19 Proverbs 27:20 (KJV) Proverbs 27:21 →
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

HellH7585 and destructionH11 H10 are neverH3808 fullH7646; so the eyesH5869 of manH120 are never satisfiedH7646.


Original Hebrew

שְׁאֹול [וַאֲבַדֹּה כ] (וַאֲבַדֹּו ק) לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה וְעֵינֵי הָאָדָם לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
שְׁא֣וֹל
she.'ol H7585 HNp Sheol
[ו/אבדה כ] (וַ֭/אֲבַדּ/וֹ ק)
[ʼăbaddôh כ] (va./'a.va.d/oh ק) H10 כ [HC/Ncmsc כ] (HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms ק) (and/ destruction/ its ק)
לֹ֣א
lo' H3808 HTn not
תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה
tis.Ba'.nah H7646 HVqi3fp they are satisfied
וְ/עֵינֵ֥י
ve./'ei.Nei H5869 HC/Ncbdc and/ (the) eyes of
הָ֝/אָדָ֗ם
ha./'a.Dam H120 HTd/Ncmsa (the)/ person
לֹ֣א
lo' H3808 HTn not
תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה
tis.Ba'.nah H7646 HVqi3fp they are satisfied
Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).
Strong's References
  • H10 — אֲבַדֹּה (ʼăbaddôh, ab-ad-do'): the same as אֲבֵדָה (ʼăbêdâh) H9, miswritten for אֲבַדּוֹן (ʼăbaddôwn) H11; a perishing; destruction.
  • H11 — אֲבַדּוֹן (ʼăbaddôwn, ab-ad-done'): intensive from אָבַד (ʼâbad) H6; abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades; destruction.
  • H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם (ʼâdam) H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
  • H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
  • H7585 — שְׁאוֹל (shᵉʼôwl, sheh-ole'): or שְׁאֹל (shᵉʼôl); from שָׁאַל (shâʼal) H7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates; grave, hell, pit.
  • H7646 — שָׂבַע (sâbaʻ, saw-bah'): or שָׂבֵעַ (sâbêaʻ); a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively); have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
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