Now Absalom commanded his young men, ‘Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and valiant! ’
Proverbs 23:34 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You’ll be like someone sleeping out at sea or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Now Absalom commanded his young men, ‘Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and valiant! ’
His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the household at Tirzah.
The water heaped up at the blast from your nostrils; the currents stood firm like a dam. The watery depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
‘They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I didn’t know it! When will I wake up? I’ll look for another drink.’
It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire beer.
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the sweet wine, for it has been taken from your mouth.
For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.
‘Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly