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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.

A Conservative Version

They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be 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

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Context Readings

The Judgment On The Earth

8 The mirth of tambourines ceases; the noise of those that rejoice ends; the joy of the harp ceases. 9 They do not drink wine with song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up that no man may come in.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with a joyful heart that thy works might be acceptable unto God.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe unto those that are mighty to drink wine and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

Psalm 69:12

They that sat in the gate spoke against me, and I was the song of the drunkards.

Isaiah 5:11-12

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may continue their drunkenness; that continue until night until wine inflames them!

Isaiah 5:20

Woe unto those that call evil good and good evil; that put darkness for light and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Amos 6:5-7

that chant to the sound of the flute and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;

Amos 8:3

And the cantors of the temple shall howl in that day, said the Lord GOD; there shall be many dead bodies 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 cause sackcloth to be brought up upon all loins and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son and the end thereof as a bitter day.

Zechariah 9:15

The LORD of the hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink and make a noise as though drunk with wine; and they shall be filled like bowls and as the corners of the altar.

Ephesians 5:18-19

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

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