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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:5 Lit sons of affliction
- Proverbs 31:8 Lit sons of passing away
Proverbs 31:3-9
Lexham English Bible
3 Do not give your strength to the women,
and your ways to destroy kings.
4 It is not for the kings, O Lemuel;
drinking wine is not for the kings,
nor is strong drink for rulers.
5 Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed,
and he will pervert the rights[a] of all the afflicted.[b]
6 Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
and wine to those in bitter distress.[c]
7 He will drink and forget his poverty,
and his misery he will not remember any more.
8 Open your mouth for the mute,
for the rights[d] of all the needy.[e]
9 Open your mouth, judge righteousness,
and defend the poor and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:5 Hebrew “right”
- Proverbs 31:5 Literally “sons of affliction”
- Proverbs 31:6 Literally “to bitterness of soul”
- Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew “right”
- Proverbs 31:8 Literally “the sons of the needy”
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