# Proverbs 27.20 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 18. Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. 19. As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man. > > **20. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.** > > 21. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise. 22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Proverbs 27:18-22, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 18. Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored. 19. Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man. > > **20. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.** > > 21. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise. 22. Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him. (Proverbs 27:18-22, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 18. Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 19. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. > > **20. Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. never: Heb. not** > > 21. As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. 22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Proverbs 27:18-22, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 18. The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured. 19. As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man. > > **20. Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.** > > 21. A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise. 22. If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things, with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him. (Proverbs 27:18-22, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H7585 - sheol](/codex/h7585-sheol/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.