the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Proverbs 31:6
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Give strong drink to him who is perishing,And wine to those whose soul is bitter.
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to him whose life is bitter.
Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe, and wine vnto those that mourne:
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those who are bitter of heart.
Give fermented drink to one perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul,
Give beer to people without hope. Give wine to those who are in trouble.
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul:
Giue strong drinke vnto him that is ready to perish, and wine vnto those that be of heauie hearts.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Geue stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned to death, & wyne vnto those yt mourne:
Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away, And wine to him whose life is bitter.
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:
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;
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;
Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.
Let strong drink be given to those who mourn, and wine to those who are of heavy heart,
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 the bitter in soul;
Give strong drink to him who is about to die, and wine to him whose life is full of trouble.
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:
Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
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 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.
Alcohol is for people who are dying, for those who are in misery.
Give beer to one who is dying and wine to one whose life is bitter.
Yyue ye sidur to hem that morenen, and wyn to hem that ben of bitter soule.
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,
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
Jacob replied, "You know how hard I've worked for you, and how your flocks and herds have grown under my care.
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father's attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
For if he said, ‘The speckled animals will be your wages,' the whole flock began to produce speckled young. And when he changed his mind and said, ‘The striped animals will be your wages,' then the whole flock produced striped young.
In this way, God has taken your father's animals and given them to me.
"One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the females were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
Three days later, Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
Laban caught up with Jacob as he was camped in the hill country of Gilead, and he set up his camp not far from Jacob's.
"For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks. In all that time your sheep and goats never miscarried. In all those years I never used a single ram of yours for food.
In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac—you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!"
You who are slaves must submit to your masters with all respect. Do what they tell you—not only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they are cruel.
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.
