Proverbs 31:5
Proverbs 31:4-7 The Message (MSG)
“Leaders can’t afford to make fools of themselves, gulping wine and swilling beer, Lest, hung over, they don’t know right from wrong, and the people who depend on them are hurt. Use wine and beer only as sedatives, to kill the pain and dull the ache Of the terminally ill, for whom life is a living death.
Proverbs 31:5 King James Version (KJV)
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Proverbs 31:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Proverbs 31:5 New Century Version (NCV)
If they drink, they might forget the law and keep the needy from getting their rights.
Proverbs 31:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
Proverbs 31:5 New International Version (NIV)
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
Proverbs 31:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
Proverbs 31:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees, And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.
Proverbs 31:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
For if they drink, they may forget the law and not give justice to the oppressed.