Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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 tabrets shall be laid down, the cheer of the joyful shall cease, and the pleasure of lutes shall have an end: 9 there shall no more wine be drunk with mirth, the beer shall be bitter to them that drink it; 10 the wicked cities shall be broken down, all houses shall be shut that no man may come in.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go thou thy way then, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness, for thy works please God.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe be unto them that are cunning men to sup out wine and expert to set up drunkenness.

Psalm 69:12

They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the drunkards make songs upon me.

Isaiah 5:11-12

Woe unto them that rise up early to use themselves in drunkenness, and yet at night are more superfluous with wine.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe be unto them that call evil good, and good evil: which make darkness light, and light darkness, that make sour sweet, and sweet sour.

Amos 6:5-7

ye that sing to the lute, and in playing of instruments compare yourselves unto David;

Amos 8:3

In that day shall the songs of the temple be turned in to sorrow," sayeth the LORD God. "Many dead bodies shall lie in every place, and be cast forth secretly.

Amos 8:10

Your high feasts will I turn to sorrow, and your songs to mourning: I will bring sackcloth upon all backs, and baldness on every head. Yea, such a mourning will I send them, as is made upon an only begotten son, and they shall have a miserable end.

Zechariah 9:15

The LORD of Hosts shall defend them, they shall consume and devour, and subdue them with sling stones. They shall drink and rage, as it were through wine. They shall be filled like the basins, and as the horns of the altar.

Ephesians 5:18-19

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be fulfilled with the spirit,

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