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Proverbs 23:34

34  You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,

like one who lies on the top of a mast.8

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Proverbs 23:34 — The New International Version (NIV)

34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,

lying on top of the rigging.

Proverbs 23:34 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,

Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Proverbs 23:34 — New Living Translation (NLT)

34 You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea,

clinging to a swaying mast.

Proverbs 23:34 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

34 Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,

Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:

Proverbs 23:34 — New Century Version (NCV)

34 You will feel dizzy as if you’re in a storm on the ocean,

as if you’re on top of a ship’s sails.

Proverbs 23:34 — American Standard Version (ASV)

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,

Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Proverbs 23:34 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

34 and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

Proverbs 23:34 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

34 You will be like someone lying down in the middle of the sea 

or like someone lying down on top of a ship’s mast, saying, 

Proverbs 23:34 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

34 You’ll be like someone sleeping out at sea

or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast.

Proverbs 23:34 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

34 You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,

like one who lies on the top of a mast.

Proverbs 23:34 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

34 And you will be like him who lies down in the heart of the sea,

and like him who lies down on top of a mast.

Proverbs 23:34 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

34 You will feel like someone sleeping on the ocean.

You will think you are lying among the ropes in a boat.

Proverbs 23:34 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

34 And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,

Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.


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