PROV 31:7 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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ULT He will drink and forget his poverty,
⇔ and his trouble he will not remember again.

UST They can drink what can intoxicate them to forget that they are poor
⇔ and to completely forget what troubles them.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
⇔ and remember his misery no more.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET let them drink and forget their poverty,
⇔ and remember their misery no more.

LSV He drinks, and forgets his poverty,
And he does not remember his misery again.

FBV Let them drink so they can forget their poverty, and not remember their troubles any longer.

T4T If they drink, they will forget that they are poor,
⇔ and they will not think about their distress/troubles any more.

LEB • He will drink and forget his poverty, and his misery he will not remember any more.

BBE Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

Moff that so he may forget his poverty,
⇔ and think no more about his misery.
¶ 

JPS Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

ASV Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
⇔ And remember his misery no more.

DRA Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

YLT He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

Drby let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

RV Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

SLT He shall drink and forget his poverty, and shall no more remember his toil.

Wbstr Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

KJB-1769 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

KJB-1611 Let him drinke, and forget his pouertie, and remember his misery no more.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps That they may drynke it, and forget their miserie and aduersitie.
(That they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity.)

Gnva Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.
(Let him drink, that he may forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. )

Cvdl that they maye drynke it, & forget their misery & aduersite.
(that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity.)

Wycl Drinke thei, and foryete thei her nedinesse; and thenke thei no more on her sorewe.
(Drinke they, and forget they her neediness; and think they no more on her sorrow.)

Luth daß sie trinken und ihres Elendes vergessen und ihres Unglücks nicht mehr gedenken.
(that they/she/them drink(v) and theirs/hers misery forget and theirs/hers accident/misfortune/disasters not more commemorate.)

ClVg Bibant, et obliviscantur egestatis suæ, et doloris sui non recordentur amplius.
(Bibant, and let_them_forget egestatis his/her_own, and of_pain self not/no recordentur more. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 31:1–9: Here are the sayings of King Lemuel

The verses in this section were written or collected by King Lemuel. They contain advice that his mother gave him regarding the way that a good king should rule his people. Her advice focuses on a king’s relationships with women (v. 3), the use of intoxicating drink (vv. 4–7) and justice for the poor (vv. 8–9). English versions divide the paragraphs in this section in several ways. The paragraphs in the Notes will be divided according to these three topics. The title (v. 1) and introduction (v. 2) will each form a separate paragraph.

Some other headings for this section are:

What King Lemuel’s Mother Taught Him (CEV)

Advice to a King (GNT)

Wise Words of King Lemuel (NCV)

Paragraph 31:4–7

In this paragraph, Lemuel’s mother advises him about the harm that results when a king or ruler craves alcoholic beverages (31:4–5). She also advises him about the appropriate use of such beverages (31:6–7).

31:7

This verse describes the parallel benefits of intoxicating drink for the individuals that are described in 31:6.

^7aLet him drink and forget his poverty,

^7band remember his misery no more.

31:7a

Let him drink and forget his poverty,

When they drink, they will forget how poor they are
They will drink and will not remember their poverty.

Let him drink: The singular pronoun him refers to any of the group of people mentioned in 31:6. Some other ways to translate this phrase are:

When they drink, they will forget… (NAB)

Such a person drinks and forgets… (GW)

forget his poverty: There are two ways to interpret the word poverty:

It refers to “poverty,” a lack of material resources. For example:
forget their poverty (ESV) (BSB, CEV, ESV, GW, KJV, NASB, NCV, NET, NIV, NJPS, NLT, NRSV, REB, GNT)
It refers to misery or misfortune. For example:
forget his misfortune (NJB) (NAB, NJB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), along with most versions. No commentaries or lexicons support misery/misfortune.

Some other ways to translate this line are:

and forget their need (NCV)

and forget that they are very poor

31:7a–b

(combined/reordered)

These people will drink and will forget their poverty and misery.
When they drink, they will not remember that they are very poor and unhappy.

31:7b

and remember his misery no more.

and will no longer remember their difficult/painful work.
They will be able to forget their sorrow/troubles.

and remember his misery no more: The word that the BSB translates here as misery usually refers to the unpleasant aspects of hard labor. It implies trouble, sorrow, and misery.TWOT #1639a, Longman (page 535), Delitzsch (page 478), UBS (page 650). Some other ways to translate this line are:

and think no more of their burdens (NAB)

and remember their troubles no more (NLT)

then perhaps he won’t remember his sorrows anymore (VOICE)

General Comment on 31:7a–b

In some languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder the parallel parts in these lines. For example:

forget their poverty and unhappiness (GNT)

forget how poor and miserable they feel (CEV)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

יִ֭שְׁתֶּה וְ⁠יִשְׁכַּ֣ח רִישׁ֑⁠וֹ וַ֝⁠עֲמָל֗⁠וֹ לֹ֣א יִזְכָּר־עֽוֹד

drink and,he_will_forget poverty_of,his and,his_of,trouble not remember again/more

He and his refer to “the perishing one” and “those bitter of soul,” who are mentioned in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Those dying and miserable people will drink and forget their poverty, and their trouble they will not remember again”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יִ֭שְׁתֶּה

drink

Lemuel’s mother implies that He will drink wine or some other intoxicating drink, as mentioned in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “He will drink wine or intoxicating drink”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רִישׁ֑⁠וֹ וַ֝⁠עֲמָל֗⁠וֹ

poverty_of,his and,his_of,trouble

See how you translated the abstract nouns poverty in [6:11](../06/11.md) and trouble in [24:2](../24/02.md).