Proverbs 23:34

³² At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

³³ Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

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.

³⁵ They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Thessalonians 5:2–7
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
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1 Kings 16:9
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
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Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
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Luke 17:27–29
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
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Matthew 24:38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
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1 Samuel 30:16–17
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
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2 Samuel 13:28
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
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Exodus 15:8
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
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