Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

New American Standard Bible

They do not drink wine with song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

King James Version

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

Holman Bible

They no longer sing and drink wine;
beer is bitter to those who drink it.

International Standard Version

No longer do they drink wine accompanied by singing; even beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

American Standard Version

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

Amplified


They do not drink wine with a song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

Bible in Basic English

There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.

Darby Translation

They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.

Julia Smith Translation

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those drinking it

King James 2000

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They do not drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

Modern King James verseion

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

there shall no more wine be drunk with mirth, the beer shall be bitter to them that drink it;

NET Bible

They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

New Heart English Bible

They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

The Emphasized Bible

With a song, they drink not wine, - Bitter is strong drink, to them who drink it:

Webster

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

World English Bible

They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

Youngs Literal Translation

With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁתה 
Shathah 
Usage: 218

יין 
Yayin 
Usage: 140

with a song
שׁירה שׁיר 
Shiyr 
Usage: 90

שׁכר 
Shekar 
Usage: 23

שׁתה 
Shathah 
Usage: 218

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Watsons

Context Readings

The Judgment On The Earth

8 The mirth of tambourine ceases. The noise of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it. 10 The waste city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted thy works.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink,

Psalm 69:12

Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

Isaiah 5:11-12

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Amos 6:5-7

who sing idle songs to the sound of the viol, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David,

Amos 8:3

And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, says lord LORD. The dead bodies shall be many. In every place they shall cast them forth with silence.

Amos 8:10

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation. And I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head, and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a b

Zechariah 9:15

LORD of hosts will defend them. And they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones. And they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine, and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

Ephesians 5:18-19

And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit,

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