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Proverbs 23:30
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Those who linger long over wine,Those who go to search out mixed wine.
Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse.
—They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine.
Those who stay long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine.
Those who stay long at the wine; Those who go to seek out mixed wine.
They that tarry long at the wine, they that goe to seeke mixt wine.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Euen amonge those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is.
They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.
Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
Those that tarry long at the wine; Those that go to seek out mixed wine.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
Everyone who stays up late, having just one more drink.
Those who spend their time over wine, those always trying out mixed drinks.
Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine.
Those who tarry long over the wine; and who search for a place of drinking. Be not drunken with wine, but converse with righteous men; walk and talk with them.
Those who stay long at the wine; Those who go to seek out mixed wine.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns, trying out new drinks.
Those who stay a long time over wine. Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Are not those of them that stay long at wine? are not those of them that haunt the places where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse with them openly.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek out mixed wine.
Those who linger over wine, those who go to taste mixed drinks.
Those who linger late over wine, those who keep trying mixed wines.
They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine.
Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink off their cups.
To those who linger over wine, to those who come to try mixed wine.
Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine.
Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.
It is people who drink too much wine, who try out all different kinds of strong drinks.
Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
Whether not to hem, that dwellen in wyn, and studien to drynke al of cuppis?
Those who tarry long over wine, those who go to try mixed wine.
Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
tarry: Proverbs 20:1, Genesis 9:21, Isaiah 5:11, Amos 6:6, Ephesians 5:18
mixed: That is, not wine diluted and lowered with water, but made stronger and more inebriating, by the addition of more powerful ingredients, as honey, spices, myrrh, defrutum, opiates, etc. Proverbs 9:2, Psalms 75:8
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They that tarry long at the wine,.... At drinking it. Do not care to stir from it when at it; spend whole days and nights in it, and are overcome by it, and so bring upon them all the above evils;
they that go to seek mixed wine, not wine mixed with water, as used commonly by temperate people in hot countries; but either mixed with spices, to make it more palatable, or with different sorts of wine, some very strong, and more heady and intoxicating; or mere wine meant; wine "poured out", as the word q signifies, where there is plenty of it; and such as are given to wine go and seek out such places, and where the best is to be had. So the Targum,
"they go and seek the house of mixture, or mixed wine;''
or, as the Syriac version,
"the house of feasting;''
and so the Arabic:
"where there are junketing and drinking bouts,''
as the Septuagint.
q ממסך "calicibus epotandi", V. L.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims.
Proverbs 23:16
The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it.
Reins - See Job 19:27 note.
Proverbs 23:17
Envy sinners - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord.”
Proverbs 23:18
Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality.
Proverbs 23:20
Riotous eaters of flesh - The word is the same as “glutton” in Proverbs 23:21 and Deuteronomy 21:20.
Proverbs 23:21
The three forms of evil that destroy reputation and tempt to waste are brought together.
Drowsiness - Specially the drunken sleep, heavy and confused.
Proverbs 23:26
Observe - Another reading gives, “let thine eyes delight in my ways.”
Proverbs 23:28
As for a prey - Better as in the margin.
The transgressors - Better, the treacherous,” those that attack men treacherously.
Proverbs 23:29
Woe ... sorrow - The words in the original are interjections, probably expressing distress. The sharp touch of the satirist reproduces the actual inarticulate utterances of drunkenness.
Proverbs 23:30
Mixed wine - Wine flavored with aromatic spices, that increase its stimulating properties Isaiah 5:22. There is a touch of sarcasm in “go to seek.” The word, elsewhere used of diligent search after knowledge Proverbs 25:2; Job 11:7; Psalms 139:1, is used here of the investigations of connoisseurs in wine meeting to test its qualities.
Proverbs 23:31
His color - literally, “its eye,” the clear brightness, or the beaded bubbles on which the wine drinker looks with complacency.
It moveth itself aright - The Hebrew word describes the pellucid stream flowing pleasantly from the wineskin or jug into the goblet or the throat (compare Song of Solomon 7:9), rather than a sparkling wine.
Proverbs 23:32
Adder - Said to be the Cerastes, or horned snake.
Proverbs 23:34
The passage is interesting, as showing the increased familiarity of Israelites with the experiences of sea life (compare Psalms 104:25-26; Psalms 107:23-30).
In the midst of the sea - i. e., When the ship is in the trough of the sea and the man is on the deck. The second clause varies the form of danger, the man is in the “cradle” at the top of the mast, and sleeps there, regardless of the danger.
Proverbs 23:35
The picture ends with the words of the drunkard on waking from his sleep. Unconscious of the excesses of the night, his first thought is to return to his old habit.
When shall I awake ... - Better, when I shall awake I will seek it yet again.
