the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Proverbs 31:5
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Otherwise, he will drink,forget what is decreed,and pervert justice for all the oppressed.
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 judgment of any of the afflicted.
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the needy.
If they drink, they might forget the law and keep the needy from getting their rights.
Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees, And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.
Lest he drink and forget what is decreed,And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of justice.
Drinking makes you forget your responsibilities, and you mistreat the poor.
For they may drink, then forget what has been decreed, and pervert the justice due to the poor.
—lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.
They may drink too much and forget what the law says. Then they might take away the rights of the poor.
Lest you drink and forget the law and forsake the judgment of the afflicted.
When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need.
Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed, and he will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
that they not drink and forget what is decreed, and pervert the right of the sons of affliction.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
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.
Lest they drink, and forget that which is decreed, and pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
Lest they drinke, and forget the Law, and peruert the iudgement of any of the afflicted.
Lest they by drnkyng forget the lawe, and peruert the iudgement of all poore mens children.
He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any that is afflicted.
Lest perauenture thei drynke, and foryete domes, and chaunge the cause of the sones of a pore man.
Or else they will 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 judgment of any of the afflicted.
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
For if they drink, they may forget the law and not give justice to the oppressed.
Or they might drink and forget the law, and go against the rights of all who are suffering.
or else they will drink and forget what has been decreed, and will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Lest he drink, and forget that which is decreed, and alter the plea of any who are sorely oppressed.
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Contextual Overview
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
At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham, and sayde: God is with the in all that thou doest.
And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce, & beholde, it was not towarde him as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye.
And the LORDE sayde vnto him: Departe agayne to thy fatherlade, and to thy kynred, I wyll be with the.
I am ye God at Bethel, where thou dyddest anoynte the stone, & maydest a vowe there vnto me. Get the vp now, & departe out of this londe, & go agayne in to the londe of thy kynred.
& yf the God of my father the God of Abraham, and the feare of Isaac had not bene on my syde, thou haddest latten me go awaye emptye. But God hath loked vpon myne aduersite and laboure, and rebuked the yesterdaye.
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, and the God of their fathers, be iudge betwene vs. And Iacob sware vnto him by the feare of his father Isaac.
Iacob sayde morouer: O God of my father Abraha, God of my father Isaac, LORDE thou that saydest vnto me: Departe agayne to thine owne londe and to thy kynred, and I wyl do the good:
And he blessed Ioseph, & saide: The God before who my fathers Abraha & Isaac haue walked: ye God yt hath fed me my lyfe longe vnto this daye:
Thus shal ye saye vnto Ioseph: O forgeue thy brethren the offence and their synne, that they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy fathers God. But Ioseph wepte, whan they spake so 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.