Proverbs 23:31
New International Version
Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!

New Living Translation
Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.

English Standard Version
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

King James Bible
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

New King James Version
Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly;

New American Standard Bible
Do not look at wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;

NASB 1995
Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;

NASB 1977
Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not look on the wine when it glistens red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;

Amplified Bible
Do not look at wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the glass, When it goes down smoothly.

Christian Standard Bible
Don’t gaze at wine because it is red, because it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t gaze at wine because it is red, when it gleams 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:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not fix your eyes on the wine that is red, its color in the cup, but meditate on righteousness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle.

Contemporary English Version
Don't even look at that colorful stuff bubbling up in the glass! It goes down so easily,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,

English Revised Version
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do not look at wine because it is red, because it sparkles in the cup, because it goes down smoothly.

Good News Translation
Don't let wine tempt you, even though it is rich red, and it sparkles in the cup, and it goes down smoothly.

International Standard Version
Don't stare into red wine, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it giveth its colour in the cup, When it glideth down smoothly;

Literal Standard Version
Do not see wine when it shows itself red, | When it gives its color in the cup, | It goes up and down through the upright.

Majority Standard Bible
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

New American Bible
Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup. It goes down smoothly,

NET Bible
Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Young's 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.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
True Riches
30Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. 31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. 32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.…

Cross References
Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Song of Solomon 7:9
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.


Treasury of Scripture

Look not you on the wine when it is red, when it gives his color in the cup, when it moves itself aright.

Proverbs 6:25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

2 Samuel 11:2
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

Job 33:1
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

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(31) When it giveth its colour.--Or sparkles.

When it moveth itself aright.--Or, when it glides easily down the throat.

Verse 31. - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. Be not attracted by its beautiful appearance. The wine of Palestine was chiefly "red," though what we call white wine was not unknown. The Vulgate flavescit points to the latter. When it giveth his colour in the cup. For "color" the Hebrew has "eye," which refers to the sparkling and gleaming which show themselves in wine poured into the cup. It is as though the cup had an eye which glanced at the drinker with a fascination which he did not resist. When it moveth itself aright. Having warned against the attraction of sight, the moralist now passes to the seduction of taste. Hebrew, when it goeth by the right read. This may refer to its transference from the jar or skin to the drinking cup; but it mere probably alludes to the drinker's throat, and is best translated, "when it glideth down smoothly." Vulgate, ingreditur blande. The wine pleases the palate, and passes over it without roughness or harshness (comp. Song of Solomon 7:9). The LXX. has enlarged on the original thus: "Be ye not drunk with wine, but converse with just men, and converse in public places (ἐν περιπάτοις). For if thou set thine eyes on goblets and cups, afterwards thou shalt walk more bare than a pestle (γύμνοτερος ὐπέρου)." This last expression, pistillo nudior, is a proverb. Regarding the danger of looking on seductive objects, the Arab, in his sententious language, says, "The contemplation of vice is vice."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

gaze at
תֵּ֥רֶא (tê·re)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

wine
יַיִן֮ (ya·yin)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication

while
כִּ֪י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it is red,
יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥ם (yiṯ·’ad·dām)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 119: Flush, turn rosy

when
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it sparkles
יִתֵּ֣ן (yit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

in the cup
בַּכּ֣וֹס (bak·kō·ws)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3599: A cup, a bag for, money, weights

and goes down smoothly.
יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ (yiṯ·hal·lêḵ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk


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