Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.
New American Standard Bible
That her guests are in the
King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Holman Bible
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
A Conservative Version
But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
American Standard Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Amplified
But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,
And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
Bible in Basic English
But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
Darby Translation
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Julia Smith Translation
And he knew not that there the shades; her called ones in the depths of hades
King James 2000
But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But he does not know that the dead [are] there, in the depths of Sheol [are] her guests.
Modern King James verseion
But he does not know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of hell.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But they consider not that death is there, and that her guests go down to hell.
NET Bible
But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
New Heart English Bible
But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
The Emphasized Bible
But he knoweth not, that the shades are there; In the depths of hades, are her guests.
Webster
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
World English Bible
But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he hath not known that Rephaim are there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
Themes
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
Interlinear
Yada`
Qara'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 9:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolishness' Banquet
17 "Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious." 18 But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.
Cross References
Proverbs 7:27
Her house leads to Sheol, descending to death's catacombs.
Psalm 82:5
They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 2:18-19
For her house leads down to death, and her paths down to the realm of the dead.
Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead to Sheol.
Proverbs 6:26
because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man's precious life.
2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God's word out of water and with water,