Proverbs 23:34 Parallel Translations

You will be like someone lying down in the middle of the sea or like someone lying down on top of a ship's mast, saying,(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

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.

BBE:

Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

DBY:

and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

And 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.

WEB:

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

YLT:

And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

Proverbs 23:34 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 23:33 Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will utter perverse things.

Proverbs 23:35 "They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:34 And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the {p} sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
(p) In such great danger will you be.

WES:

23:34 Lieth down - To sleep. Sea - In a ship in the midst of the sea.

MHC:

23:29-35 Solomon warns against drunkenness. Those that would be kept from sin, must keep from all the beginnings of it, and fear coming within reach of its allurements. Foresee the punishment, what it will at last end in, if repentance prevent not. It makes men quarrel. Drunkards wilfully make woe and sorrow for themselves. It makes men impure and insolent. The tongue grows unruly; the heart utters things contrary to reason, religion, and common civility. It stupifies and besots men. They are in danger of death, of damnation; as much exposed as if they slept upon the top of a mast, yet feel secure. They fear no peril when the terrors of the Lord are before them; they feel no pain when the judgments of God are actually upon them. So lost is a drunkard to virtue and honour, so wretchedly is his conscience seared, that he is not ashamed to say, I will seek it again. With good reason we were bid to stop before the beginning. Who that has common sense would contract a habit, or sell himself to a sin, which tends to such guilt and misery, and exposes a man every day to the danger of dying insensible, and awaking in hell? Wisdom seems in these chapters to take up the discourse as at the beginning of the book. They must be considered as the words of Christ to the sinner.

CONC:

Hast Heart Lies Lieth Lying Mast Middle Midst Rest Rigging Sail-support Seas Takes Yea Yes

Heart High Lies Mast Middle Midst Rest Rigging Sea Seas Sleeping Top

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