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Proverbs 23:29

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

KJV

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לְמִ֨יle.Mi[belongs] to whom?H4310 →
א֥וֹי'owoeH188 →
לְמִ֪יle.Mi[belongs] to whom?H4310 →
אֲב֡וֹי'a.Vowoe!H17 →
לְמִ֤יle.Mi[belong] to whom?H4310 →
מִדְיָנִ֨יםmi.do.nimcontentionsH4079 →
לְמִ֥יle.Mi[belongs] to whom?H4310 →
שִׂ֗יחַSi.achcomplaintH7879 →
לְ֭מִיLe.mi[belong] to whom?H4310 →
פְּצָעִ֣יםpe.tza.'ImwoundsH6482 →
חִנָּ֑םchi.Namwithout causeH2600 →
לְ֝מִ֗יle.Mi[belongs] to whom?H4310 →
חַכְלִל֥וּתchakh.li.Lutdullness ofH2448 →
עֵינָֽיִם׃'ei.Na.yimeyesH5869 →

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Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.1 Samuel 25:36–37When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.Luke 12:45–46But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.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 valiant!”Isaiah 28:7–8These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,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.Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.Matthew 24:49–50And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.Genesis 49:12His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.Isaiah 28:1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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