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Proverbs 23:31–32

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31Do not look on the wine when it glistens red,

When it 1sparkles in the cup,

When it agoes down smoothly;

32At the end—like a serpent it abites,

And like a bviper it stings.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit gives its eye

Cross references

  1. aSong 7:9
  2. aJob 20:16; Prov 20:1; Eph 5:18
  3. bPs 91:13; Is 11:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not look at wine when it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup

and goes down smoothly.

In the end it bites like a serpent

and stings like an adder.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not gaze at wine when it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup,

when it goes down smoothly!

In the end it bites like a snake

and poisons like a viper.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,

because it gleams in the cup

and goes down smoothly.

In the end it bites like a snake

and stings like a viper.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,

how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.

For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake;

it stings like a viper.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not look at wine when it is red,

when it sparkles on the cup,

going down smoothly.

In the end, it will bite like a serpent,

and it will sting like an adder.

KJV 1900King James Version

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,

When it giveth his colour in the cup,

When it moveth itself aright.

At the last it biteth like a serpent,

And stingeth like an adder.