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 - English Standard Version 2016 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. 更多版本King 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.
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
“Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
“Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. 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 accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.