Proverbs 27:20
WEB
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.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H7585
n-f — hades, retreat
Derivation: or שְׁאֹל; from 7592;
hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV: grave, hell, pit.
n.f — Shᵉ’ōl
שְׁאוֹל, שְׁאֹל n.f. Shᵉ’ōl, underworld (√ dub.; i.e. place of inquiry)
H10
n-f — perishing
Derivation: the same as 9, miswritten for 11;
a perishing
KJV: destruction.
n.f — Destruction
אֲבַדּוֹן n.f. ? Pr 27:20 abstr. nearly = n.pr. (place of) Destruction, Ruin, ’Abaddôn (cf. Syriac 𝔖 Jb 28:22 etc.)—אֲבַדּֽוֹן Jb 26:6 (+ 4 t.); abbrev. אבדה Kt אֲבַדּֽוֹ Qr Pr 27:20.—Place of ruin in Shᵉʼôl for lost or ruined dead, as development of earlier distinction of condition in Shᵉʼôl (v. שְׁאוֹל). Only in WisdLt; Jb 31:12; ∥ שׁאול Jb 26:6 Pr 15:11 27:20; ∥ מות Jb 28:22; ∥ קבר ψ 88:12.
H3808
adv — not, no
Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
KJV: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.
adv — not
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
H7646
v — sate, fill
Derivation: or שָׂבֵעַ; a primitive root;
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
vb — be sated
[שָׂבֵעַ], שָׂבַע 96 vb. be sated, satisfied, surfeited
Qal 79
1. be sated (with food), esp. human subj.
2. more gen., be sated, have desire satisfied
3. have in excess, be surfeited with
Niph. Pt. sated
Pi. satisfy
Hiph.
1.
a. satisfy (esp. with material blessings), subj. י׳
b. c. acc. of food pers., י׳ subj.
c. י׳ subj.
d. י׳ subj., c. acc. of beasts
2. enrich
3. sate, glut (with the undesired)
H5869
n-f — eye, fountain, eye
Derivation: probably a primitive word;
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV: affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, ( well), × me, open(-ly), (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).
n.f — spring
n.f — eye
עַ֫יִן 859 n.f. eye
1. lit. as physical organ
2.
a. eyes as showing mental qualities
b. desire of the eyes, abominations of the eyes
3. Fig. of mental and physical faculties, acts and states
2. Transferred mngs.:
a. visible surface of earth
b. appearance
c. gleam, sparkle
5. Other phrases are: an eye for an eye; eye to eye; in the presence of, in full view of; of business transaction; on the forehead
H120
n-m — ruddy, human being, mankind
Derivation: from 119;
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV: × another, hypocrite, common sort, × low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
n.m — Adam
אָדָם 560 n.m. Gn 1:27 man, mankind
1. a man = human being
2. coll. man, mankind
3. n.pr.m. Adam, first man (without art.)
4. n.pr.loc. city in Jordan valley (as built?)
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Verse 20
Proverbs 27:20
Two things are here said to be insatiable, and they are two things near of kin - death and sin. 1. Death is insatiable. The first death, the second death, both are so. The grave is not clogged with the multitude of dead bodies that are daily thrown into it, but is still an open sepulchre, and cries, Give, give. Hell also has enlarged itself, and still has room for the damned spirits that are committed to that prison. Tophet is deep and large, Isa 30:33. 2. Sin is insatiable: The eyes of man are never satisfied, nor the appetites of the carnal mind towards profit or pleasure. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor is he the loves silver satisfied with silver. Men labour for that which surfeits, but satisfies not; nay, it is dissatisfying; but satisfies not; nay, it is dissatisfying; such a perpetual uneasiness have men justly been doomed to ever since our first parents were not satisfied with all the trees of Eden, but they must meddle with the forbidden tree. Those whose eyes are ever toward the Lord in him are satisfied, and shall for ever be so.
Cross-references: Isa 30:33