20 Sheol and Abaddon(A) are never satisfied,(B)
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.(C)

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20 Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,(A)
    and neither are human eyes.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:20 Hebrew Abaddon

There is a person without a companion,[a] without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.(A) “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:8 Lit person, but there is not a second,

There was a man all alone;
    he had neither son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
    yet his eyes were not content(A) with his wealth.
“For whom am I toiling,” he asked,
    “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?”
This too is meaningless—
    a miserable business!

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