Proverbs 31:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Let him drink and forget his poverty and [seriously] remember his want and misery no more.

American Standard Version (1901)

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Common English Bible

Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their toil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Let them drink, and forget their needs, and remember their sorrow no more.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

Proverbs 31:7 Cross References

Job 11:16

You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.

Psalm 104:15

and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart.

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;

Proverbs 31:8

Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all who are left desolate.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,