Isaiah 24:9

In 11 translations

BSB

They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

KJV

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

WEB

They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

ASV

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

LSV

They do not drink wine with a song, || Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.

YLT

With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

DBY

They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.

DRC

They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

GNV

They shall not drinke wine with mirth: strong drinke shall be bitter to them that drinke it.

JPS

They drink not wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.

LXXE

They are ashamed, they have not drunk wine; strong drink has become bitter to them that drink it.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בַּשִּׁ֖יר לֹ֣א יִשְׁתּוּ־יָ֑יִן יֵמַ֥ר שֵׁכָ֖ר לְשֹׁתָֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Ἠσχύνθησαν, οὐκ ἔπιον οἶνον, πικρὸν ἐγένετο τὸ σίκερα τοῖς πίνουσιν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
• Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
• Amos 8:3“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
• Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
• Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome…
• Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
• Amos 6:5–7You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph. Therefore,…
• Ephesians 5:18–19Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
• Isaiah 5:11–12Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the…
• Zechariah 9:15The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

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