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The Sayings for King Lemuel

Proverbs 31:7

In 10 translations

BSB
Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
KJV
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
WEB
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
ASV
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
LSV
He drinks, and forgets his poverty, || And he does not remember his misery again.
YLT
He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.
DBY
let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
DRC
Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.
GNV
Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.
JPS
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יִ֭שְׁתֶּה וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח רִישׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹ לֹ֣א יִזְכָּר־עֽוֹד׃

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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.

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