the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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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.
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;
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.
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
He said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how your cattle have fared with me.
and said to them, "I see the expression on your father's face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.
Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
It happened at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
These twenty years have I been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven't eaten the rams of your flocks.
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."
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
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.
