Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”
Proverbs 23:34 - Revised Standard Version You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a 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. |
Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”
But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah,
At the blast of thy nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind utter perverse things.
“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.”
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink;
Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
“But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare;