Verse List for PROV 23:31

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Don’t look at wine when it’s red and sparkling in the cup, ⇔ and when it would slide down smoothly.

OET-LV Do _not see wine if/because it _will _be _red if/because it _will _give in_cup[fn] eye _of_its it _will _go with_smoothness(es).

ULT Do not look, at wine when it is red; ⇔ when its eye gives in the cup, ⇔ it goes with evenness.

UST Do not let wine become overly attractive to you, even though it is beautifully red, glistens in the cup, ⇔  and goes down your throat smoothly.

BSB & MSB Do not gaze at wine while it is red, ⇔  when it sparkles in the cup ⇔  and goes down smoothly.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Don’t look at the wine when it is red, ⇔  when it sparkles in the cup, ⇔  when it goes down smoothly.

NET Do not look on the wine when it is red, ⇔ when it sparkles in the cup, ⇔ when it goes down smoothly.

LSV Do not see wine when it shows itself red,
When it gives its color in the cup,
It goes up and down through the upright.

FBV Don't let the look of wine tempt you—how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smooth it feels as it goes down.

T4T Do not look with pleasure at red wine that looks nice, and which sparkles when it is poured out into cups, ⇔  and which tastes good as you drink it,

LEB • Do not look at wine when it is red,
• when it sparkles[fn] on the cup,
• going down smoothly.

BBE Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

Moff Then look not on the wine so red, ⇔  that sparkles in the cup ⇔ it glides down smoothly at the first,

JPS Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it glideth down smoothly;

ASV Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, ⇔ When it sparkleth in the cup, ⇔ When it goeth down smoothly:

DRA Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,

YLT See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

Drby Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:

RV Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly.
(Look not thou/you upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth/gives its colour in the cup, when it goeth/goes down smoothly.)

SLT Thou shalt not look upon wine when it shall be red, when it shall give its eye in the cup, it will go about in uprightnesses.

Wbstr Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

KJB-1769 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
(Look not thou/you upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth/gives his colour in the cup, when it moveth/moves itself aright.)

KJB-1611 Looke not thou vpon the wine when it is red, when it giueth his colour in the cup, when it moueth it selfe aright.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse:
(Look not thou/you upon the wine how red it is, and what a colour it giveth/gives in the glass:)

Gnva Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.
(Look not thou/you upon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth/shows his colour in the cup, or goeth/goes down pleasantly.)

Cvdl Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how reed it is, and what a color it geueth in the glasse.
(Look not thou/you upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth/gives in the glass.)

Wycl Biholde thou not wyn, whanne it sparclith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in a ver.
(Behold thou/you not wine, when it sparclith, when the colour thereof shineth/shines in a ver.)

Luth Siehe den Wein nicht an, daß er so rot ist und im Glase so schön stehet. Er gehet glatt ein;
(See/Look the wine not to/along, that he so red is and in_the glass/jare so beautiful stands. He goes smooth one/in;)

ClVg Ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit, cum splenduerit in vitro color ejus: ingreditur blande,
(Don’t intuearis wine when flavescit, when/with splenduerit in/into/on vitro colour his/her: enters blande,)

UHB אַל־תֵּ֥רֶא יַיִן֮ כִּ֪י יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥ם כִּֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן בַּכּ֣וֹס [fn] עֵינ֑⁠וֹ יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בְּ⁠מֵישָׁרִֽים׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐὰν γὰρ εἰς τὰς φιάλας καὶ τὰ ποτήρια δῷς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου, ὕστερον περιπατήσεις γυμνότερος ὑπέρου.

BrTr For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle.