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Proverbs 9:18

TemptationDeath and loss

16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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BSB
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
KJV
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
WEB
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
ASV
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
DARBY
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
BLB
He does not know that the Rephaim [are] there; her called ones [are] in the depths of Sheol.
ÅB
Men han vet ikke at der bor dødningene, at hennes gjester er i dødsrikets dyp.
OTB
Men de er uvitende om at de døde bor der, at hennes gjester er i gravens dyp.
B1930
Men han vet ikke at der bor dødningene, at hennes gjester er i dødsrikets dyp.

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