When Ben-hadad heard this message as he was drinking with the kings in the booths, he said to his men, “Take your positions.” And they took their positions against the city.
Proverbs 31:5 - Revised Standard Version lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Lest they drink and forget the law and what it decrees, and pervert the justice due any of the afflicted. American Standard Version (1901) Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted. Common English Bible Otherwise, they will drink and forget the law, and violate the rights of the needy. Catholic Public Domain Version And perhaps they may drink and forget judgments, and alter the case of the sons of the poor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor. |
When Ben-hadad heard this message as he was drinking with the kings in the booths, he said to his men, “Take your positions.” And they took their positions against the city.
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
“Drink no wine nor strong drink, you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.
Moreover, wine is treacherous; the arrogant man shall not abide. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations, and collects as his own all peoples.”
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.