Proverbs 31:7

⁵ lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

⁶ Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.

Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

⁸ Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

⁹ Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: La ham få drikke, så han glemmer sin fattigdom og ikke mere kommer sin strev i hu!
OTB: La dem drikke og glemme sin fattigdom, og ikke mer huske sin nød.
B1930: La ham få drikke, så han glemmer sin fattigdom og ikke mere kommer sin møie i hu!

BSB: Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
KJV: Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
WEB: Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
ASV: Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
DARBY: let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
BLB: Let him drink and forget his poverty, and not remember his trouble anymore.

Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
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