Parallel Verses
Amplified
Do not look at wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the glass,
When it goes down smoothly.
New American Standard Bible
When it
When it
King James Version
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Holman Bible
when it gleams in the cup
and goes down smoothly.
International Standard Version
Don't stare into red wine, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
American Standard Version
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
Bible in Basic English
Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
Darby Translation
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not look upon wine when it shall be red, when it shall give its eye in the cup, it will go about in uprightnesses.
King James 2000
Look not you upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly.
Modern King James verseion
Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it goes down smoothly
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass.
NET Bible
Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
New Heart English Bible
Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.
Webster
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
World English Bible
Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Youngs Literal Translation
See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
Themes
Abstinence » Total abstinence » Strong Drink » The wise man's injunction
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Chastity » Drunkenness destructive to
Drunkenness » What alcohol does
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The wise man's injunction
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Nathan
Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
30
Those who linger long over wine,
Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Do not look at wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the glass,
When it goes down smoothly.
At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat]
Job 33:1
And pay attention to everything I say.
Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
Proverbs 6:25
Do not desire (lust after) her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelashes.
Matthew 5:28-30
Mark 9:47
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world.