Proverbs 27:20
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
שָׂבַע
sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂבַע sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
Study H7646 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →שֶׁבֶר sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Study H7667 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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, ...
There 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 ...
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
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