Parallel Verses

King James 2000

Come you, they say, I will bring wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

New American Standard Bible

“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”

King James Version

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

Holman Bible

“Come, let me get some wine,
let’s guzzle some beer;
and tomorrow will be like today,
only far better!”


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International Standard Version

""Come!' they say, "let's have some wine, and let's fill ourselves with strong drink! Then, tomorrow will be like today, or even much better!'"

A Conservative Version

Come ye, [they say], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure.

American Standard Version

Come ye,'say they , I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure.

Amplified


“Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”

Bible in Basic English

Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.

Darby Translation

Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

Julia Smith Translation

Come ye, I will take wine, and we will drink strong drink to excess; and the morrow being as this day, the remainder great exceedingly.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Come, let me take wine, and let us carouse [with] intoxicating drink, and tomorrow will be like today, {very great indeed}."

Modern King James verseion

They say, come, Let us take wine, and let us gulp strong drink; and tomorrow shall be like today, and much more abundant.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Come," say they, "I will fetch wine, so shall we fill ourselves, that we may be drunken. And do tomorrow, like as today; yea, and much more."

NET Bible

Each one says, 'Come on, I'll get some wine! Let's guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We'll have everything we want!'

New Heart English Bible

"Come," say they, "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure."

The Emphasized Bible

Come ye! I will fetch wine Let us fill ourselves with strong drink, - And like this day, shall, to-morrow be - Great beyond measure!

Webster

Come ye, say they, I will bring wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

World English Bible

"Come," [say they], "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure."

Youngs Literal Translation

Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אתא אתה 
'athah 
Usage: 21

ye, say they, I will fetch
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

יין 
Yayin 
Usage: 140

and we will fill
סבא 
Caba' 
Usage: 5

שׁכר 
Shekar 
Usage: 23

and to morrow
מחר 
Machar 
to morrow, time to come
Usage: 52

shall be as this day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Wicked Leaders

11 Yea, they are greedy dogs who can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his gain, from his own quarter. 12 Come you, they say, I will bring wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.


Cross References

Psalm 10:6

He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:

Proverbs 23:35

They have stricken me, you shall say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

1 Corinthians 15:32

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the gain to me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

Proverbs 27:1

Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.

Proverbs 31:4-5

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

Isaiah 5:11

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflames them!

Isaiah 22:13-14

But instead, joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating meat, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.

Isaiah 28:7-8

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, Come, and let us devise plots against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Hosea 4:11

Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.

Amos 6:3-6

You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Matthew 24:49-51

And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards;

Luke 12:45-46

But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunk;

Luke 21:34

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with carousing, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not given to dishonest gain;

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