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

⁷ let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Let him drink and forget his poverty and [seriously] remember his want and misery no more.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Common English Bible

⁷ Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their toil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Let them drink, and forget their needs, and remember their sorrow no more.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ 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,