New English Translation
Proverbs 23:30
30Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
Proverbs 23:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine.
Context of Proverbs 23:30
28Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men. 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes? Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine. 31Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. 32Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:30 word by word
לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥ים עַל־הַיָּ֑יִן לַ֝בָּאִ֗ים לַחְקֹ֥ר מִמְסָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 23:30
- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
- Genesis 9:21When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- Isaiah 5:11Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.
- Amos 6:6They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.
- Ephesians 5:18And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
- Proverbs 9:2She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.
- Psalms 75:8For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 23:30
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-35Verses 15-35 Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple‘s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 Envy sinners - Compare in Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-35Verses 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, religion, and common…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-35Saying 18: This saying highlights the foolishness of someone who drinks too much alcohol (see Proverbs 20:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-3526-35. 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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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