Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

To whom wo? to whom want? to whom strife? to whom complaint? to whom wounds gratuitously? to whom dark fleshings of the eyes?

New American Standard Bible

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?

King James Version

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Holman Bible

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?
Who has wounds for no reason?
Who has red eyes?

International Standard Version

Who has woe? Who has grief? Who has contention? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has bloodshot eyes?

American Standard Version

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

Amplified


Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Whose eyes are red and dim?

Bible in Basic English

Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

Darby Translation

Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?

King James 2000

Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?

Lexham Expanded Bible

To whom [is] woe? To whom [is] sorrow? To whom [are] quarrels? To whom [is] complaint? To whom [are] wounds without cause? To whom [is] redness of [the] eyes?

Modern King James verseion

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fighting? Who has babbling? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes?

NET Bible

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?

New Heart English Bible

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

The Emphasized Bible

Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?

Webster

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

World English Bible

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Youngs Literal Translation

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אוי 
'owy 
Usage: 24

H17
אבוי 
'abowy 
Usage: 1

מדין 
Midyan 
Usage: 9

פּצע 
Petsa` 
Usage: 8

חכללוּת 
Chakliluwth 
Usage: 1

References

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

28 She also will lie in wait as for prey, and she will add those transgressing among men. 29 To whom wo? to whom want? to whom strife? to whom complaint? to whom wounds gratuitously? to whom dark fleshings of the eyes? 30 To those remaining at the wine; to those going to seek mixed wine.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the squanderer shall be dispossessed: and slumber shall clothe with rags.

Isaiah 5:11

Wo to those rising early in the morning, they will follow strong drink; remaining in the evening, wine will inflame them.

Isaiah 5:22

Wo to the strong to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:

Ephesians 5:18

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;

Genesis 49:12

The eyes flashing from wine, the teeth white from milk.

1 Samuel 25:36-37

And Abigail will go to Nabal; and behold, to him a drinking in his house as the drinking of a king; and Nabal's heart good with him, and he was intoxicated even greatly; and she announced not to him a word small and great till the light of the morning.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom will command his boys, saying, See now, when the heart of Amnon is good with wine, and I said to you, Strike Amnon; and kill him; ye shall not be afraid, for I commanded you: be strong and be for sons of strength.

1 Kings 20:16-22

And they will go forth at noon. And Ben-hadad was drinking strong drink in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings helping him.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is mocking, strong drink is noisy: and every one going astray by it will not be wise.

Isaiah 28:7-8

And these also went astray by wine, and by strong drink they erred; the priest and the prophet went astray by strong drink, they were swallowed up from wine, they erred from strong drink, they went astray in seeing, they wavered in judgment.

Nahum 1:10

For even to thorns surrounding them, and drinking to excess as drunkards, they shall be devoured as straw fully dried up.

Matthew 24:49-50

And he should begin to strike the fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with those intoxicated;

Luke 12:45-46

And if that servant should say in his heart, My Lord delays to come; and should begin to strike the servants and maids, also to eat and drink, and to be intoxicated;

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