And Aḇshalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch, and when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I shall say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave.”
Proverbs 23:34 - The Scriptures 2009 And you shall be as one Lying down in the midst of the sea, And as one lying at the top of the mast, saying, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, you will be [as unsteady] as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, and [as open to disaster] as he who lies upon the top of a mast. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. Common English Bible You will be like one who lies down while out on the sea or one who lies on top of a mast. Catholic Public Domain Version And you will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, and like a pilot, fast asleep, who has lost his hold on the helm. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern is lost. |
And Aḇshalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch, and when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I shall say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave.”
And his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirtsah drinking himself drunk in the house of Artsa, who was over his house in Tirtsah.
“And with the wind of Your nostrils the waters were heaped up, the floods stood like a wall, the depths became stiff in the heart of the sea.
Your eyes look on strange women, And your heart speaks perversities.
“They struck me, I was not sick! They beat me, I did not know! When shall I wake up? Let me seek it again!”
Not for sovereigns, O Lemu’ĕl, Not for sovereigns to drink wine, Nor for princes to desire strong drink;
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep. And wail, all you drinkers of wine, on account of the new wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noaḥ entered into the ark,
“And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down by gluttony, and drunkenness, and worries of this life, and that day come on you suddenly.