Proverbs 27:20
Sheol ·Place of the dead· and Abaddon ·bottomless pit· are never satisfied; 2 and a man’s eyes are never satisfied. 1
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In The King James Version
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
In Context
19Like water reflects a face, 2 so a man’s heart reflects the man. 1
21The crucible is for silver, 2 and the furnace for gold; 2 but man is refined by his praise. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 23:5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? 2 For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. 1
Proverbs 30:16Sheol ·Place of the dead·, 2 the barren rachamim ·wombs / bowels of compassions·; 2 the earth that is not satisfied with water; 2 and the fire that does not say, ‘Enough.’ 1
Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol ·Place of the dead· has enlarged its desire, 2 and opened its mouth without chok ·portion·; 2 and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:20
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. This shows us that there is a way, 1. Of knowing ourselves. As the water is a looking-glass in which we may see our faces by reflection, so there are mirrors by which the heart of a man is discovered to a man, that is, to himself. Let a man examine his own conscience, his thoughts, affections, and intentions. Let him behold his natural face in the glass of the divine law ( Jam. i. 23 ), and he may discern what kind of man he is and what is his true… Read the whole commentary →