Proverbs 31:3-9
Legacy Standard Bible
3 (A)Do not give your excellence to women,
Or your ways to that which (B)blots out kings.
4 It is not for (C)kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to (D)drink wine,
Or for rulers to desire strong drink,
5 Lest he drink and forget what is decreed,
And (E)pervert the justice of all the [a]afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to him who is (F)perishing,
And wine to those (G)whose soul is bitter.
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty
And he will not remember his trouble any longer.
8 (H)Open your mouth for the mute,
For the justice of all those [b]passing away.
9 Open your mouth, (I)judge righteously,
And render (J)justice to the afflicted and needy.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 31:5 Lit sons of affliction
- Proverbs 31:8 Lit sons of passing away
Proverbs 31:3-9
American Standard Version
3 Give not thy strength unto women,
Nor thy ways to [a]that which destroyeth kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;
Nor for princes [b]to say, Where is strong drink?
5 Lest they drink, and forget [c]the law,
And pervert the justice due to [d]any that is afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
And wine unto the bitter in soul:
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
And remember his misery no more.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb,
In the cause of all such as are [e]left desolate.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
And minister justice to the poor and needy.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 31:3 Or, as otherwise read, them that destroy
- Proverbs 31:4 Another reading is, to desire strong drink.
- Proverbs 31:5 Hebrew that which is decreed.
- Proverbs 31:5 Hebrew all the sons of affliction.
- Proverbs 31:8 Or, ready to pass away. Hebrew the sons of passing away.
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