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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Proverbs 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
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Legacy Standard Bible
Lest he drink and forget what is decreed,And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
Lest he drink and forget what is decreed,And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Lest they by drnkyng forget the lawe, and peruert the iudgement of all poore mens children.
Lest they by drnkyng forget the lawe, and peruert the iudgement of all poore mens children.
Darby Translation
—lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.
—lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.
New King James Version
Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
Literal Translation
that they not drink and forget what is decreed, and pervert the right of the sons of affliction.
that they not drink and forget what is decreed, and pervert the right of the sons of affliction.
Easy-to-Read Version
They may drink too much and forget what the law says. Then they might take away the rights of the poor.
They may drink too much and forget what the law says. Then they might take away the rights of the poor.
King James Version (1611)
Lest they drinke, and forget the Law, and peruert the iudgement of any of the afflicted.
Lest they drinke, and forget the Law, and peruert the iudgement of any of the afflicted.
King James Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe, & regarde not ye cause of the poore, & of all soch as be in aduersite.
lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe, & regarde not ye cause of the poore, & of all soch as be in aduersite.
Amplified Bible
Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees, And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.
Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees, And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.
American Standard Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
Bible in Basic English
For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.
For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.
Update Bible Version
Or else they will drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.
Or else they will drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.
Webster's Bible Translation
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
New English Translation
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
Contemporary English Version
Drinking makes you forget your responsibilities, and you mistreat the poor.
Drinking makes you forget your responsibilities, and you mistreat the poor.
Complete Jewish Bible
For they may drink, then forget what has been decreed, and pervert the justice due to the poor.
For they may drink, then forget what has been decreed, and pervert the justice due to the poor.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.
Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.
George Lamsa Translation
Lest you drink and forget the law and forsake the judgment of the afflicted.
Lest you drink and forget the law and forsake the judgment of the afflicted.
Hebrew Names Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Lest they drink, and forget that which is decreed, and pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget that which is decreed, and pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
New Living Translation
For if they drink, they may forget the law and not give justice to the oppressed.
For if they drink, they may forget the law and not give justice to the oppressed.
New Life Bible
Or they might drink and forget the law, and go against the rights of all who are suffering.
Or they might drink and forget the law, and go against the rights of all who are suffering.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.
He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.
English Revised Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any that is afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any that is afflicted.
Berean Standard Bible
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of justice.
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of justice.
New Revised Standard
or else they will drink and forget what has been decreed, and will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
or else they will drink and forget what has been decreed, and will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lest he drink, and forget that which is decreed, and alter the plea of any who are sorely oppressed.
Lest he drink, and forget that which is decreed, and alter the plea of any who are sorely oppressed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
Lexham English Bible
Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed, and he will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed, and he will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
English Standard Version
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
New American Standard Bible
Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the needy.
Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the needy.
New Century Version
If they drink, they might forget the law and keep the needy from getting their rights.
If they drink, they might forget the law and keep the needy from getting their rights.
Good News Translation
When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need.
When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need.
Christian Standard Bible®
Otherwise, they will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.
Otherwise, they will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lest perauenture thei drynke, and foryete domes, and chaunge the cause of the sones of a pore man.
Lest perauenture thei drynke, and foryete domes, and chaunge the cause of the sones of a pore man.
Revised Standard Version
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Young's Literal Translation
Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
Contextual Overview
1 The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. 2 "Oh, my son!" Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows! 3 Don't give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings. 4 It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?' 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted. 6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul: 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more. 8 Open your mouth for the mute, In the cause of all who are left desolate. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
pervert: Heb. alter
any of the afflicted: Heb. all the sons of affliction, Habakkuk 2:5
Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:9 - Do not Numbers 6:3 - General Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Deuteronomy 27:19 - General 1 Kings 20:12 - drinking Proverbs 3:1 - forget Proverbs 23:33 - and Ecclesiastes 2:3 - yet Ecclesiastes 10:17 - and thy Isaiah 5:23 - justify Isaiah 28:7 - erred Isaiah 56:12 - I will Mark 6:21 - his birthday Titus 1:7 - not given to wine
Cross-References
Genesis 21:22
It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
Genesis 31:2
Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
Genesis 31:3
Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth."
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth."
Genesis 31:42
Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
Genesis 32:9
Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good.'
Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good.'
Genesis 48:15
He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
Genesis 50:17
"So will you tell Joseph, 'Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
"So will you tell Joseph, 'Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Lest they drink, and forget the law,.... The law of God by Moses, which the kings of Israel were obliged to write a copy of, and read over daily, to imprint it on their minds, that they might never forget it, but always govern according to it, Deuteronomy 17:18; or the law of their ancestors, or what was made by themselves, which through intemperance may be forgotten; for this sin stupefies the mind and hurts the memory, and makes men forgetful;
and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted; a king on the throne, or a judge on the bench, drunk, must be very unfit for his office; since he must be incapable of attending to the cause before him, of taking in the true state of the case; and, as he forgets the law, which is his rule of judgment, so he will mistake the point in debate, and put one thing for another; and "change" g and alter, as the word signifies, the judgment of the afflicted and injured person, and give the cause against him which should be for him; and therefore it is of great consequence that kings and judges should he sober. A certain woman, being undeservedly condemned by Philip king of Macedon, when drunk, said,
"I would appeal to Philip, but it shall be when he is sober;''
which aroused him; and, more diligently examining the cause, he gave, a more righteous sentence h.
g ישנה "mutet", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis "demutet", Schultens. h Valer. Maxim l. 6. c. 2. extern. 1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 31:5. Lest they drink, and forget the law — When they should be administering justice, they are found incapable of it; or, if they go into the judgment-seat, may pervert justice.
