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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,
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:
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul;
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
Jacob answered, "You know how I have worked for you and how your flocks have prospered under my care.
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father is not as friendly toward me as he used to be; but my father's God has been with me.
Whenever Laban said, ‘The speckled goats shall be your wages,' all the flocks produced speckled young. When he said, ‘The striped goats shall be your wages,' all the flocks produced striped young.
God has taken flocks away from your father and given them to me.
"During the breeding season I had a dream, and I saw that the male goats that were mating were striped, spotted, and speckled.
Three days later Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
Jacob had set up his camp on a mountain, and Laban set up his camp with his relatives in the hill country of Gilead.
I have been with you now for twenty years; your sheep and your goats have not failed to reproduce, and I have not eaten any rams from your flocks.
If the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac, had not been with me, you would have already sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my trouble and the work I have done, and last night he gave his judgment."
You servants must submit yourselves to your masters and show them complete respect, not only to those who are kind and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
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.
