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30 Those who linger over wine,
those who go looking for mixed wine.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 23:30 sn The answer to the question posed in v. 29 is obviously one who drinks too much, which this verse uses metonymies to point out. Lingering over wine is an adjunct of drinking more wine; and seeking mixed wine obviously means with the effect or the purpose of drinking it.

30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

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30 Those who linger over wine,(A)
    who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

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30 (A)Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of (B)mixed wine.

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