Proverbs 27:20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 27:20

Hell and destruction are never full ,.... The grave, as the word used often signifies; and which may be called "destruction", because bodies laid in it are soon corrupted and destroyed; and though bodies are cast into it and devoured by it, it is ready for more; it is one of the four things which never have enough. The place where Gog is said to be buried is called Hamongog, the multitude of Gog, Ezekiel 39:11 ; and by the Septuagint there Polyandrion, which is the name the Greeks give to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 27:20

Hell and destruction are never full - How hideous must the soul of a covetous man be, when God compares it to hell and perdition! The eyes of man are never satisfied - As the grave can never be filled up with bodies, nor perdition with souls; so the restless desire, the lust of power, riches, and splendor, is never satisfied. Out of this ever unsatisfied desire spring all the changing fashions, the varied amusements, and the endless modes of getting money, prevalent in every age, and in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:2-21

The praise of man How far we should go in praising others, and in what spirit we should accept their praise, is a matter of no small importance in the conduct of life. I. THE DUTY OF PRAISING OTHERS . "Let another man praise thee" can hardly be said to be imperative so far as he is concerned. But it suggests the propriety of another man speaking in words of commendation. And the duty of praising those who have done well is a much-forgotten and neglected virtue. I. It is the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:17-22

Wisdom for self and for others I. THE BENEFIT OF INTELLIGENT SOCIETY . ( Proverbs 27:17 , Proverbs 27:19 .) 1 . The collision of mind with mind elicits truth , strikes out flashes of new perception . A man may grow wiser by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation. "Speech is like embroidered cloth opened and put abroad," said the mistochs to the King of Persia. In the collision of minds the man brings his own thoughts to light, and whets his wits against a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:20

Hell and destruction are never full. "Hell" is sheol, the under-world, Hades, the place of the departed; "destruction" is the great depth, the second death, personified (see on Proverbs 15:11 , where the terms also occur). These "are never satisfied," they are insatiable, all-devouring (comp. Proverbs 30:16 ; Isaiah 5:14 ; Habakkuk 2:5 ). So the eyes of man are never satisfied. The verb is the same in both clauses, and ought to have been so translated. The eye is taken as the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 27:20

Proverbs 27:20. Hell and destruction are never full The grave devours all the bodies which are put into it, and is always ready to receive and devour more and more without end; so the eyes of man are never satisfied That is, his desires, which work and discover themselves by his eyes. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 27:1-27

The valuable things of life (27:1-27)Over-confidence, self-praise, stupidity and jealousy must all be avoided (27:1-4). True friends will show the inner love they have for each other by being open and honest with each other. Over-pleasantness may be a sign of a deceitful heart (5-6). Those with many possessions do not find contentment; the poor are more than satisfied if they can get what the rich throw away (7). Among the most priceless of possessions are a happy home and faithful friends... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 27:20

Hell = Sheol. App-35 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 27:20

"Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.""Sheol and Abaddon ... etc." (Proverbs 27:20). Harris rendered this, "Hell and destruction are insatiable."[24] Sheol, however, is best understood as a name for "the realm of the dead." It is the equivalent of "Hades." Death itself is never satisfied. We encountered this same pair of names in Proverbs 15:11.DeHoff applied the second line here to the lusts and appetites of the body. "Gambling is a growing vice. One... read more

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