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Proverbs 23:34

Temptation

32 In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

35 “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

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BSB
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
KJV
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
WEB
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
ASV
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
DARBY
and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:
BLB
And you will become like one lying down in the heart of the sea, and like one lying down on the top of a mast:
ÅB
og du blir lik en som sover midt ute på havet, lik en som sover i toppen av en mast.
OTB
Du vil være som en som sover på det åpne hav, liggende på toppen av masten.
B1930
og du blir lik en som sover midt ute på havet, lik en som sover i toppen av en mast.

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Cross references

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7

    For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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  • 1 Kings 16:9

    However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.

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  • Luke 21:34

    But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

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  • Luke 17:27–29

    People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

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  • Matthew 24:38

    For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:16–17

    So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

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  • 2 Samuel 13:28

    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

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  • Exodus 15:8

    At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

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