KJV King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
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Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
WEB World English Bible
But he doesn’t know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
ASV American Standard Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he hath not known that Rephaim are there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
Surrounding context — Proverbs 9
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
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.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
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Proverbs 7:27Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.Proverbs 2:18-19For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.Proverbs 6:26For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.Psalm 82:5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.2 Peter 3:5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
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