And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, smite Amnon, then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
Proverbs 23:34 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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. More versionsKing 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 Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, smite Amnon, then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him: now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, which was over the household in Tirzah:
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as an heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thine heart shall utter froward things.
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.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare: