Proverbs 27:20
“Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,.... As the manna was, Num 11:8; and as wheat…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Hades, the world of the dead, and Destruction (Death, the destroying power, personified) have been at all times and in…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Two things are here said to be insatiable, and they are two things near of kin - death and sin. 1. Death is insatiable.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Hell and destruction See Pro 15:11, note.
full Rather, satisfied, the Heb. word being the same as at the end of the…
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