They went out at noon. But Ben-Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
Isaiah 5:22 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to those who are mighty heroes at drinking wine and men of strength in mixing alcoholic drinks!– American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink; Common English Bible Doom to the wine-swigging warriors, mighty at mixing drinks, Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness: |
They went out at noon. But Ben-Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
*You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
It is not for kings, Lemo'el; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'
lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: *Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.*
They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The Kohen and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.
Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!
Come, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
*Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!