Proverbs 20:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

KJV

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

WEB

Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

ASV

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

LSV

Wine [is] a scorner—strong drink [is] noisy, || And any going astray in it is not wise.

YLT

Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

DBY

Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.

DRC

Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.

GNV

Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.

JPS

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.

LXXE

Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

לֵ֣ץ הַ֭יַּין הֹמֶ֣ה שֵׁכָ֑ר וְכָל־שֹׁ֥גֶה בּ֝֗וֹ לֹ֣א יֶחְכָּֽם׃We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

LXX-Br

Ἀκολάστον οἶνος, καὶ ὑβριστικὸν μέθη, πᾶς δὲ ἄφρων τοιούτοις συμπλέκεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
• Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
• Isaiah 28:7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their…
• 1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
• Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
• Galatians 5:21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Habakkuk 2:15–16Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your…
• 2 Samuel 11:13Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
• Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
• Proverbs 23:29–35Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when…
• Genesis 19:31–36One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth. Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep…
• Hosea 7:5The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
• Isaiah 56:12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
• 1 Samuel 25:36–38When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light. In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told…
• 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and…
• Genesis 9:21–23But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a…

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