Proverbs 9:18
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Read in contextProverbs 2:18–19
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Read in contextProverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Read in contextPsalms 82:5
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Read in contextProverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Read in contextProverbs 6:26
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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