Proverbs 9:18
New International Version
But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.

New Living Translation
But little do they know that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.

English Standard Version
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Berean Standard Bible
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

King James Bible
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

New King James Version
But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of hell.

New American Standard Bible
But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

NASB 1995
But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

NASB 1977
But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Legacy Standard Bible
But he does not know that the dead are there, That those she called are in the depths of Sheol.

Amplified Bible
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).

Christian Standard Bible
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he does not know that mighty men perish in her presence, and all that are summoned to her are in the depths of Sheol; but do not tarry in that place, and do not let your eye be caught by her, for so you should pass by the waters of strangers and the river of foreigners, and from the waters of foreigners you should not drink, so that many days and years of life will be added to you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. But hasten away, delay not in the place, neither fix thine eye upon her: for thus shalt thou go through strange water; but do thou abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain, that thou mayest live long, and years of life may be added to thee.

Contemporary English Version
None who listen to Stupidity understand that her guests are as good as dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The Parables of Solomon

English Revised Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But he does not know that the souls of the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Good News Translation
Her victims do not know that the people die who go to her house, that those who have already entered are now deep in the world of the dead.

International Standard Version
But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But he knoweth not that the shades are there; That her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.

Literal Standard Version
And he has not known that Rephaim [are] there, | Her invited ones in deep places of Sheol!

Majority Standard Bible
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

New American Bible
Little do they know that the shades are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol!

NET Bible
But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

New Revised Standard Version
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

New Heart English Bible
But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Young's Literal Translation
And he hath not known that Rephaim are there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!

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Context
The Way of Folly
17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” 18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Cross References
Proverbs 7:26
For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.


Treasury of Scripture

But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

he

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Psalm 82:5
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

2 Peter 3:5
For 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:

the dead

Proverbs 2:18,19
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead…

Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Proverbs 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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(18) The dead are there.--Comp. on Proverbs 2:18.

Verse 18. - The deluded youth is supposed to be persuaded by the seductions of Folly and to enter her house. The writer, then, in a few weighty words, shows the terrible result of this evil compliance. But he knoweth not that the dead are there (see on Proverbs 2:18 and Proverbs 7:27). There are none "there," in her house, who can be said to be living, they are rephaim, shadowy ghosts of living men, or else demons of the nether world. The Septuagint and Vulgate, with a reference to Genesis 6:4, translate γηγενεῖς and gigantes. Her guests are in the depths of hell (sheol); Septuagint, "He knows not that giants perish at her side, and he meets with a trap of hell." The terrible warning may profitably be repeated more than once, It is like Christ's awful saying, three times enunciated, "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:44, 46, 48). The LXX. has another paragraph at the end of this verse, which has no counterpart in the Hebrew: "But start away, delay not in the place, nor put thy name ['eye,' al.] by her; for thus shalt thou pass over (διαβήσῃ) strange water; but abstain thou from strange water, and of a strange spring drink not, that thou mayest live long, and years of life may be added to thee."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But they do not
וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

know
יָ֭דַע (yā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the dead
רְפָאִ֣ים (rə·p̄ā·’îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7496: Shades, ghosts

are there,
שָׁ֑ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

that her guests
קְרֻאֶֽיהָ׃ (qə·ru·’e·hā)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

[are] in the depths
בְּעִמְקֵ֖י (bə·‘im·qê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6012: Deep, unfathomable

of Sheol.
שְׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)


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