Proverbs 31:4 - The Message “Leaders can’t afford to make fools of themselves, gulping wine and swilling beer, Lest, hung over, they don’t know right from wrong, and the people who depend on them are hurt. Use wine and beer only as sedatives, to kill the pain and dull the ache Of the terminally ill, for whom life is a living death. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes strong drink: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink, [Eccl. 10:17; Hos. 4:11.] American Standard Version (1901) It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink? Common English Bible It isn’t for kings, Lemuel, it isn’t for kings to drink wine, for rulers to crave strong drink. Catholic Public Domain Version Not to kings, O Lamuel, not to kings give wine. For there are no secrets where drunkenness reigns. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth: |