Proverbs 23:31
Proverbs 23:29-35 The Message (MSG)
Who are the people who are always crying the blues? Who do you know who reeks of self-pity? Who keeps getting beaten up for no reason at all? Whose eyes are bleary and bloodshot? It’s those who spend the night with a bottle, for whom drinking is serious business. Don’t judge wine by its label, or its bouquet, or its full-bodied flavor. Judge it rather by the hangover it leaves you with— the splitting headache, the queasy stomach. Do you really prefer seeing double, with your speech all slurred, Reeling and seasick, drunk as a sailor? “They hit me,” you’ll say, “but it didn’t hurt; they beat on me, but I didn’t feel a thing. When I’m sober enough to manage it, bring me another drink!”
Proverbs 23:31 King James Version (KJV)
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it giveth his colour in the cup, When it moveth itself aright.
Proverbs 23:31 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly
Proverbs 23:31 New Century Version (NCV)
Don’t stare at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Proverbs 23:31 American Standard Version (ASV)
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly
Proverbs 23:31 New International Version (NIV)
Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
Proverbs 23:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly
Proverbs 23:31 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Do not look at wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the glass, When it goes down smoothly.
Proverbs 23:31 New Living Translation (NLT)
Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.