PRO 20:1 Parallel Verse View

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20:1 Note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT The wine is a mocker, intoxicating drink is a brawler,
 ⇔ and everyone who staggers by it is not wise.

UST People who drink too much alcohol ridicule and fight others;
⇔ all people who cannot walk properly because they drank too much alcohol are very foolish.

BSB  ⇔ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler,
⇔ and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

OEB Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler,
⇔ and they who reel under it do not act wisely.

WEB Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler.
⇔ Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

NET Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler;
 ⇔ whoever goes astray by them is not wise.

LSV Wine [is] a scorner—strong drink [is] noisy,
And any going astray in it is not wise.

FBV Wine turns you into a mocker, alcohol makes you aggressive; you're stupid to be deceived[fn] by drink.

20:1 “Deceived”: or “intoxicated.”

T4T Drinking a lot of wine or other strong drinks causes people to start fighting;
⇔ it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.

LEB No LEB PRO 20:1 verse available

BBE Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.

ASV Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;
 ⇔ And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

DRA Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.

YLT Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

DBY Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.

RV Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

WBS Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.

KJB Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
(Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. )

BB Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.
(Wine maketh a man to be scornful, and strong drink causeth a man to be unquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.)

GNV Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.
(Wine is a mocker and strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby, is not wise. )

CB Wyne is a voluptuous thinge, & drockennes causeth sedicion: who so delyteth therin, shal neuer be wyse.
(Wyne is a voluptuous thing, and drockennes causeth sedicion: who so delightth therin, shall never be wyse.)

WYC Wiyn is a letcherouse thing and drunkenesse is ful of noise; who euere delitith in these, schal not be wijs.
(Wiyn is a letcherouse thing and drunkenesse is full of noise; who euere delitith in these, shall not be wijs.)

LUT Der Wein macht lose Leute und stark Getränk macht wild; wer dazu Lust hat, wird nimmer weise.
(The wine macht lose Leute and stark Getränk macht wild; who in_addition Lust has, becomes nimmer weise.)

CLV [Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas: quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens.
([Luxuriosa res vinum, and tumultuosa ebrietas: quicumque his delectatur not/no will_be sapiens. )

BRN Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.

BrLXX Ἀκολάστον οἶνος, καὶ ὑβριστικὸν μέθη, πᾶς δὲ ἄφρων τοιούτοις συμπλέκεται.
(Akolaston oinos, kai hubristikon methaʸ, pas de afrōn toioutois sumpleketai. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵ֣ץ הַ֭⁠יַּין

mocker the,wine

This could mean: (1) people who drink too much wine are spoken of as if they were wine itself. Alternate translation: “Someone who drinks too much wine is a mocker” (2) people who drink too much wine act foolishly, which causes others to mock them. Alternate translation: “Someone who drinks too much wine is mocked by others”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הֹמֶ֣ה שֵׁכָ֑ר

brawler strong_drink

Here Solomon speaks of people who drink too much intoxicating drink as if they were intoxicating drink itself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “someone who drinks too much intoxicating drink is a brawler”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שֹׁ֥גֶה

led_astray

Here, staggers refers to someone who staggers because they are intoxicated. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “who staggers drunkenly”

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

בּ֝֗⁠וֹ

in/on/over=him/it

Here, it refers to both wine and intoxicating drink that were mentioned in the previous clause. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “by drinking too much alcohol”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

לֹ֣א יֶחְכָּֽם

not wise

Solomon is using a figure of speech here that expresses a strongly positive meaning by using a negative word, not, together with an expression that is the opposite of the intended meaning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the positive meaning. Alternate translation: “is quite foolish”

Parallel PRO 20:1