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Proverbs 23:30

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23:30Those who linger over wine,

those who go looking for mixed wine.53

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Footnotes

  1. 53 The answer to the question posed in v. 29 is obviously one who drinks too much, which this verse uses metonymies to point out. Lingering over wine is an adjunct of drinking more wine; and seeking mixed wine obviously means with the effect or the purpose of drinking it.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Those who tarry long over wine;

those who go to try mixed wine.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Those who linger over wine,

who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Those who linger over wine;

those who go looking for mixed wine.

NLTNew Living Translation

It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns,

trying out new drinks.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

To those who linger over wine,

to those who come to try mixed wine.

KJV 1900King James Version

They that tarry long at the wine;

They that go to seek mixed wine.