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Proverbs 9:18
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KJ21
But he knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The proverbs of Solomon:
ASV
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
AMP
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).
AMPC
But he knows not that the shades of the dead are there [specters haunting the scene of past transgressions], and that her invited guests are [already sunk] in the depths of Sheol (the lower world, Hades, the place of the dead).
BRG
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
CSB
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
CSBA
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
CEB
But they don’t know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of the grave.
CJB
But he doesn’t realize that the dead are there, and that those who accept her invitation are in the depths of Sh’ol.
CEV
None who listen to Stupidity understand that her guests are as good as dead.
DARBY
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
DRA
And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
ERV
Those simple people don’t realize that her house is full of ghosts and that her guests have entered the world of the dead.
EASY
But those foolish people do not realize that her home is a place for dead people. Her visitors are already in their graves.
EHV
But he does not know that the souls of the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of hell.
ESV
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
ESVUK
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
EXB
But these people don’t know that ·everyone who goes there dies [the dead/departed/shades are there], that her guests ·end up deep in the grave [L are in the depths of Sheol].
GNV
But he knoweth not, that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depth of hell.
GW
But he does not know that the souls of the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of hell.
GNT
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.
HCSB
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
ICB
But these people don’t know that everyone dies who goes there. They don’t realize that her guests are deep in the grave.
ISV
But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.
JUB
But he does not know that the dead are there and 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.
AKJV
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
LSB
But he does not know that the dead are there, That those she called are in the depths of Sheol.
LEB
But he does not know that the dead are there, in the depths of Sheol are her guests.
TLB
But they don’t realize that her former guests are now citizens of hell.
MSG
Then there’s this other woman, Madame Prostitute— brazen, empty-headed, frivolous. She sits on the front porch of her house on Main Street, And as people walk by minding their own business, calls out, “Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on? Steal off with me, I’ll show you a good time! No one will ever know—I’ll give you the time of your life.” But they don’t know about all the skeletons in her closet, that all her guests end up in hell.
MEV
But he does not know that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
NOG
But he does not know that the souls of the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of hell.
NABRE
Little do they know that the shades are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol!
NASB
But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
NASB1995
But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
NCB
But little does he know that the dead are there and that her guests are headed for the netherworld.
NCV
But these people don’t know that everyone who goes there dies, that her guests end up deep in the grave.
NET
But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
NIRV
But they don’t know that dead people are there. They don’t know that her guests are deep in the place of the dead.
NIV
But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
NIVUK
But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
NKJV
But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of hell.
NLV
But he does not know that the dead are there, and that the ones who visit her are in the bottom of hell.
NLT
But little do they know that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.
NRSVA
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
NRSVACE
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
NRSVCE
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
NRSVUE
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
OJB
But he has no da’as that the dead ones are there; and that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
RGT
But he does not know that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depth of Hell. THE PARABLE OF SOLOMON.
RSV
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
RSVCE
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
TLV
But he does not know that the dead are there— her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
VOICE
But those who pause to listen to Lady Folly do not know death is the next stop, that her guests are walking cadavers.
WEB
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
WYC
And [he] knew not that giants be there; and the guests of her be in the depths of hell. Soothly he that shall be applied, either fastened, to her, shall go down to hells. For why he that goeth away from her shall be saved. (And he knew not that death is there; and that her guests be in the depths of hell. Truly, he who shall be fastened to her, shall go down to Sheol, that is, to the land of the dead/shall go down to hell. But he who goeth away from her, shall be saved.)
YLT
And he hath not known that Rephaim [are] there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
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