Proverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
*†Hell and destruction are neuer full: so the eyes of man are neuer satisfied.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. not.
- *Cross-referenceEccles.1.8
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- Ecclesiastes 1:8Rank 1 from verse 20
- 1 John 2:16Rank 2 from verse 20
- Proverbs 30:15–16Rank 3 from verse 20
15The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
15†The horse-leach hath two daughters, crying, Giue, giue. There are three things that are neuer satisfied, yea foure things say not, It is enough:
16The graue; and the barren wombe; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7Rank 4 from verse 20
- Habakkuk 2:5Rank 5 from verse 20
5¶ Yea 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:
5¶ ‖Yea 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 vnto him all nations, & heapeth vnto him all people:
- Ecclesiastes 2:10–11Rank 6 from verse 20
10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
10And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any ioy: for my heart reioyced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.
11*Then I looked on all the workes that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to doe: and behold, all was vanitie, and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit vnder the Sunne.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8Rank 7 from verse 20
8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither childe nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, neither sayth hee, For whom doe I labour, and bereaue my soule of good? this is also vanitie, yea it is a sore trauell.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10–11Rank 8 from verse 20
10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
10Hee that loueth siluer shall not be satisfied with siluer; nor he that loueth abundance, with increase: this is also vanitie.
11When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, sauing the beholding of them with their eyes?
- Jeremiah 22:17Rank 9 from verse 20
- Proverbs 15:11Rank 10 from verse 20
- Proverbs 23:5Rank 11 from verse 20
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Proverbs 27:20
Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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destruction
The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Not ever; at no time or in no case. Sense 2: In never so constructions, however or no matter how much.
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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of satisfy (to fill, content, supply sufficiently, or meet what is required).
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
19As in water face answereth to face: so the heart of man to man.
20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
20*†Hell and destruction are neuer full: so the eyes of man are neuer satisfied.
Selected passage21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
21* As the fining pot for siluer, and the furnace for gold: so is a man to his praise.