You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.
Proverbs 23:35 - Revised Standard Version “They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You will say, They struck me, but I was not hurt! They beat me [as with a hammer], but I did not feel it! When shall I awake? I will crave and seek more wine again [and escape reality]. American Standard Version (1901) They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. Common English Bible “Though hit, I feel no pain; though beaten up, I don’t know anything about it. When I wake up, I’ll look for wine again!” Catholic Public Domain Version And you will say: "They have beaten me, but I did not feel pain. They have dragged me, and I did not realize it. When will I awaken and find more wine?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake, and find wine again? |
You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure.”
I have heard Ephraim bemoaning, ‘Thou hast chastened me, and I was chastened, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for thou art the Lord my God.
O Lord, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
they have become callous and have given themselves up to licentiousness, greedy to practice every kind of uncleanness.
one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This would lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.
It has happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog turns back to his own vomit, and the sow is washed only to wallow in the mire.