Proverbs 23:34 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 23:34

You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

BSB

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ASV

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

KJV

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Pastoral Rule, Part 3 (604)

For he sleeps in the midst of the sea who, placed among the temptations of this world, neglects to look out for the motions of vices that rush in upon him like impending heaps of waves. And the steersman, as it were, lets go the rudder when the mind loses the earnestness of solicitude for guiding the ship of the body. For, indeed, to let go the rudder in the sea is to leave off intentness of forethought among the storms of this life.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Yea, thou shall be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,.... Not in the open sea, and the waves of it, there fluctuating and tossed about; nor in an island encompassed by sea; but in a ship at sea, a drunken man reels and tumbles about, just as a ship does at sea; hence the motions and agitations of it, and of the men in it, are compared to the reeling and staggering of a drunken man, Psa 107:26; or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast: where the motion is the greatest.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Lieth down in the midst of the sea - He is utterly regardless of life; which is expressed very forcibly by one in a state of intoxication ascending the shrouds, clasping the mast-head, and there falling asleep; whence, in a few moments, he must either fall down upon the deck and be dashed to pieces, or fall into the sea and be drowned. Reader, if thou be a man given to this appetite, put a knife to thy throat.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְ֭הָיִיתָ	Ve.ha.yi.ta	and you will be	H1961 →
כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב	ke.sho.Khev	like [one who] lies down	H7901 →
בְּלֶב־	be.lev-	in [the] heart of	H3820 →
יָ֑ם	Yam	[the] sea	H3220 →
וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב	u.khe.sho.Khev	and like [one who] lies down	H7901 →
בְּרֹ֣אשׁ	be.Rosh	at [the] top of	H7218 →
חִבֵּֽל׃	chi.Bel	a mast	H2260 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
leads to
- Mark 4:19
  but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Luke 12:40
  You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
- Luke 12:45–46
  But 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.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–8
  For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- 1 Peter 4:3–7
  For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
Through
Matthew 24:38
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
leads to
- Luke 17:26–28
  Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Romans 13:13–14
  Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
- Luke 14:18–20
  But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Proverbs

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Proverbs