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Proverbs 31:5

lest they drink and forget what has been decreed

and mpervert the rights of all the afflicted.

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Proverbs 31:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

lest they drink and forget what has been decreed,

and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

Proverbs 31:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Lest they drink, and forget the law,

And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Proverbs 31:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

For if they drink, they may forget the law

and not give justice to the oppressed.

Proverbs 31:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Lest they drink and forget the law,

And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.

Proverbs 31:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

If they drink, they might forget the law

and keep the needy from getting their rights.

Proverbs 31:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Lest they drink, and forget the law,

And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.

Proverbs 31:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

—lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.

Proverbs 31:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Otherwise, they drink and forget what they have decreed 

and change the standard of justice for all oppressed people. 

Proverbs 31:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Otherwise, they will drink,

forget what is decreed,

and pervert justice for all the oppressed.

Proverbs 31:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

or else they will drink and forget what has been decreed,

and will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Proverbs 31:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed,

and he will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Proverbs 31:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

If they do, they might drink and forget what the law commands.

They might take away the rights of all those who are beaten down.

Proverbs 31:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

For they will drink and forget what is decreed,

And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.


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