Proverbs 31:6–7
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31:6Give strong drink to the one who is perishing,14
and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;15
31:7let them16 drink and forget17 their poverty,
and remember their misery no more.
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- 14 Wine and beer should be given to those distressed and dying in order to ease their suffering and help them forget.
- 15 Heb “to the bitter of soul.” The phrase לְמָרֵי נָפֶשׁ (lémare nafesh) has been translated “of heavy hearts” (); “in anguish” (); “in misery” (); “in bitter distress” (); “sorely depressed” (); “in deep depression (); “have lost all hope” (). The word “bitter” (מַר, mar) describes the physical and mental/spiritual suffering as a result of affliction, grief, or suffering—these people are in emotional pain. So the idea of “bitterly distressed” works as well as any other translation.
- 16 The subjects and suffixes are singular (cf. , , ). Most other English versions render this as plural for stylistic reasons, in light of the preceding context.
- 17 The king was not to “drink and forget”; the suffering are to “drink and forget.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing,
and wine to those in bitter distress;
let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Let beer be for those who are perishing,
wine for those who are in anguish!
Let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Give beer to one who is dying
and wine to one whose life is bitter.
Let him drink so that he can forget his poverty
and remember his trouble no more.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Alcohol is for the dying,
and wine for those in bitter distress.
Let them drink to forget their poverty
and remember their troubles no more.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
and wine to those in bitter distress.
He will drink and forget his poverty,
and his misery he will not remember any more.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
And wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
And remember his misery no more.
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