Proverbs 20:1
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- 1 The drinks are wine and barley beer (e.g., Lev 10:9; Deut 14:26; Isa 28:7). These terms here could be understood as personifications, but better as metonymies for those who drink wine and beer. The inebriated person mocks and brawls.
- 2 The two participles לֵץ (lets, “mocker”) and הֹמֶה (homeh, “brawler”) are substantives; they function as predicates in the sentence. Excessive use of intoxicants excites the drinker to boisterous behavior and aggressive attitudes—it turns them into mockers and brawlers.
- 3 The proverb does not prohibit the use of wine or beer; in fact, strong drink was used at festivals and celebrations. But intoxication was considered out of bounds for a member of the covenant community (e.g., 23:20–21, 29–35; 31:4–7). To be led astray by their use is not wise.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;
whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler;
whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls.
Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
and any who go astray by it are not wise.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging:
And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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