Passage

Proverbs 27.20

Book: Proverbs · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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.

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

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.

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

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}

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

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.

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)

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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.

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Lexicon:

H7585 - sheol

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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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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