Proverbs 23:34

In 11 translations

BSB

You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

KJV

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.the midst…: Heb. the heart of the sea

WEB

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

ASV

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.

LSV

And you have been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, || And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

YLT

And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

DBY

and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

DRC

And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern is lost.

GNV

And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm.

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

וְ֭הָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב בְּלֶב־יָ֑ם וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב בְּרֹ֣אשׁ חִבֵּֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ κατακείσῃ ὥσπερ ἐν καρδίᾳ θαλάσσης, καὶ ὥσπερ κυβερνήτης ἐν πολλῷ κλύδωνι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and…
• 1 Kings 16:9However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
• Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
• Matthew 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
• Luke 17:27–29People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and…
• 1 Samuel 30:16–17So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah. And…
• 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…
• 1 Samuel 25:33–38Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand. Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from…
• Exodus 15:8At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
• Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
• 1 Kings 20:16–22They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk. And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who…

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