OET-RV by section SIR 31:25

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This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

Be careful with wine

31:25 Be careful with wine

25 Don’t show yourself valiant in wine,

for wine has destroyed many.

26 The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping;

so does wine test hearts in the quarrelling of the proud.

27 Wine is as good as life to men,

if you drink it in moderation.

What life is there to a man who is without wine?

It has been created to make men glad.

28 Wine drunk in season and in moderation

is joy of heart and gladness of soul:

29 Wine drunk excessively is bitterness of soul,

with provocation and conflict.

30 Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt.

It diminishes strength and adds wounds.

31 Don’t rebuke your neighbour at a banquet of wine.

Don’t despise him in his mirth.

Don’t speak a word of reproach to him.

Don’t distress him by making demands of him.