They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings who were helping him were getting drunk in their quarters.
Isaiah 5:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, who are champions at pouring beer, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to those who are mighty heroes at drinking wine and men of strength in mixing alcoholic drinks!– American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink; Common English Bible Doom to the wine-swigging warriors, mighty at mixing drinks, Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness: |
They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings who were helping him were getting drunk in their quarters.
You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler; whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has conflicts? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?
It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire beer.
Otherwise, he will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed. ,
But look: joy and gladness, butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep and goats, eating of meat, and drinking of wine – ‘Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! ’
They no longer sing and drink wine; beer is bitter to those who drink it.
Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgements.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of beer, who linger into the evening, inflamed by wine.
‘Come, let me get some wine, let’s guzzle some beer; and tomorrow will be like today, only far better! ’
Woe to him who gives his neighbours drink, pouring out your wrath and even making them drunk, in order to look at their nakedness!