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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- 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!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
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