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Eve of Pentacost
Eve of Pentacost
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Proverbs 31:5
Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Otherwise, he will drink,forget what is decreed,and pervert justice for all the oppressed.
Otherwise, he will drink,forget what is decreed,and pervert justice for all the oppressed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
World English Bible
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contextual Overview
1 The vvords of king Lemuel: The prophecie which his mother taught him. 2 What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires! 3 Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, which is to destroy Kings. 4 It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke, 5 Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction. 6 Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart. 7 Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more. 8 Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction. 9 Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
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
And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.
And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.
Genesis 31:2
Also Iaakob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not towards him as in times past:
Also Iaakob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not towards him as in times past:
Genesis 31:3
And the Lorde had said vnto Iaakob, Turne againe into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kinred, and I wilbe with thee.
And the Lorde had said vnto Iaakob, Turne againe into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kinred, and I wilbe with thee.
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anoyntedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vowe vnto me. Nowe arise, get thee out of this countrey and returne vnto ye land where thou wast borne.
I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anoyntedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vowe vnto me. Nowe arise, get thee out of this countrey and returne vnto ye land where thou wast borne.
Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Izhak had bene with me, surely thou haddest sent me away nowe emptie: but God behelde my tribulation, & the labour of mine hads, & rebuked thee yester night.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Izhak had bene with me, surely thou haddest sent me away nowe emptie: but God behelde my tribulation, & the labour of mine hads, & rebuked thee yester night.
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.
Genesis 32:9
Moreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, & God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good,
Moreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, & God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good,
Genesis 48:15
Also he blessed Ioseph and sayde, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Izhak did walke, the God, which hath fed me al my life long vnto this day, blesse thee.
Also he blessed Ioseph and sayde, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Izhak did walke, the God, which hath fed me al my life long vnto this day, blesse thee.
Genesis 50:17
Thus shal ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgiue now, I pray thee, the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euil. And nowe, we pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of the seruants of thy fathers God. And Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto him.
Thus shal ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgiue now, I pray thee, the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euil. And nowe, we pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of the seruants of thy fathers God. And Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto 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.
