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JPS Old Testament
Proverbs 31:6
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Give beer to one who is dyingand wine to one whose life is bitter.
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul:
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;
Give intoxicating drink to one who is perishing, And wine to one whose life is bitter.
Give beer to people who are dying and wine to those who are sad.
Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away, And wine to him whose life is bitter.
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul:
Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.
Give strong drink to him who is perishing,And wine to those whose soul is bitter.
Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
Beer and wine are only for the dying or for those who have lost all hope.
Give strong liquor to one who is perishing, wine to the deeply depressed;
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:
Give beer to people without hope. Give wine to those who are in trouble.
Let strong drink be given to those who mourn, and wine to those who are of heavy heart,
Alcohol is for people who are dying, for those who are in misery.
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress.
Give fermented drink to one perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul,
Geue stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned to death, & wyne vnto those yt mourne:
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:
Giue strong drinke vnto him that is ready to perish, and wine vnto those that be of heauie hearts.
Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe, and wine vnto those that mourne:
A great snare is spread for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul:
Yyue ye sidur to hem that morenen, and wyn to hem that ben of bitter soule.
Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, And wine to the bitter in soul:
Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that are of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those who are bitter of heart.
Alcohol is for the dying, and wine for those in bitter distress.
Give strong drink to him who is about to die, and wine to him whose life is full of trouble.
Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;
Give strong drink, to him that is perishing, and wine, to such as are embittered in soul:
Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;
Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to him whose life is bitter.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
strong: Psalms 104:15, 1 Timothy 5:23
of heavy hearts: Heb. bitter of soul, 1 Samuel 1:10, 1 Samuel 30:6, 2 Kings 4:27, *marg.
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:34 - were merry Judges 9:13 - cheereth 1 Samuel 22:2 - discontented 2 Samuel 16:2 - that such Job 3:20 - the bitter Job 29:13 - ready Proverbs 23:20 - not Isaiah 24:11 - a crying Jeremiah 16:7 - cup Zechariah 10:7 - and their Luke 14:13 - call Luke 22:18 - the fruit
Cross-References
And he said unto him: 'Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.
and said unto them: 'I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.
If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked.
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead.
These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been on my side, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,.... Thou, O Lemuel, and other kings and judges, rather than drink strong drink yourselves, least to excess; give it out of your great abundance and liberality to poor persons in starving circumstances, who must perish, unless relieved; it will do them good, moderately used; and should they drink too freely, which they ought not, yet it would not be attended with such bad consequences as if kings and princes should;
and wine to those that be of heavy heart; of melancholy dispositions, under gloomy apprehensions of things; pressed with the weight of their affliction and poverty: or, "bitter in soul" i; such as God has dealt bitterly with, as Naomi says was her case, and therefore called her own name Marah, which signifies bitter; of such a sorrowful spirit, and one thus bitter in soul, was Hannah; and so Job, and others; persons in great affliction and distress, to whom life itself is bitter; see Ruth 1:20; now wine to such is very exhilarating and cheering; see Judges 9:13.
i למרי נפש "his qui amaro sunt animo", V. L. Pagninus, Tigurine version: "amaris animo", Montanus, Junius Tremellius "amaris animus", Vatablus, Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The true purpose of the power of wine over man’s mind and body, as a restorative and remedial agent. Compare the margin reference. The same thought showed itself in the Jewish practice of giving a cup of wine to mourners, and (as in the history of the crucifixion) to criminals at their execution.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 31:6. Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish — We have already seen, that inebriating drinks were mercifully given to condemned criminals, to render them less sensible of the torture they endured in dying. This is what was offered to our Lord; but he refused it. Psalms 104:15.
