Proverbs 23:30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Proverbs 23:30 in other translations
| BSB | Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. |
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| WEB | Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine. |
| ASV | They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine. |
| YLT | Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine. |
| DARBY | — They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine. |
| BBE | Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine. |
| Webster | They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. |
What does Proverbs 23:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 23:26-35
26-35. A solemn warning against whoredom and drunkenness (Ho 4:11). give me--This is the address of that divine wisdom so often presented (Pr 8:1; 9:3, &c.). heart--confidence. observe--keep. my ways--such as I teach you (Pr 3:17; 9:6).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 23:29-35
Solomon warns against drunkenness. Those that would be kept from sin, must keep from all the beginnings of it, and fear coming within reach of its allurements. Foresee the punishment, what it will at last end in, if repentance prevent not. It makes men quarrel. Drunkards wilfully make woe and sorrow for themselves. It makes men impure and insolent. The tongue grows unruly; the heart utters things contrary to reason…
Proverbs 23:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 23:30
- Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- Isaiah 5:11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
- Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
- Proverbs 9:2
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
- Amos 6:6
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
- Psalms 75:8
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
- Genesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:1; Ge 9:21; Isa 5:11; Am 6:6; Eph 5:18
mixed.That is, not wine diluted and lowered with water, but made stronger and more inebriating, by the addition of more powerful ingredients, as honey, spices, myrrh, defrutum, opiates, etc.
9:2; Ps 75:8
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Context
- Proverbs 23:29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
- Proverbs 23:30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
- Proverbs 23:31
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Proverbs 23:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Para los que se detienen mucho en el vino, para los que van buscando la mistura. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pour ceux qui s’attardent auprès du vin, qui vont essayer le vin mixtionné. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die spät beim Weine sitzen, die einkehren, um Mischtrank zu kosten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nonne his qui commorantur in vino, et student calicibus epotandis? |