Proverbs 23:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְסֹֽבְאֵי־יָ֑יִן בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖י בָשָׂ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

Not tǝhî ḇǝsōḇǝʾê-yāyin, among ḇǝzōlălê ḇāśār lāmô.

Grammar Details

• *tǝhî*: qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - be
• *ḇǝsōḇǝʾê*: preposition + qal participle, masculine plural construct - among those who drink heavily
• *yāyin*: noun, masculine singular - wine
• *ḇǝzōlălê*: preposition + qal participle, masculine plural construct - among those who are gluttons of
• *ḇāśār*: noun, masculine singular - flesh/meat
• *lāmô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for themselves

Word Meanings

• *ḇǝsōḇǝʾê-yāyin*: among heavy drinkers of wine/with those who get drunk on wine
• *ḇǝzōlălê ḇāśār lāmô*: among those who are gluttons of meat for themselves/with those who gorge on flesh

Referenced Verses

• Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
• Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
• Isa 5:11 : 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
• Luke 21:34 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
• Prov 28:7 : 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
• Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
• Matt 24:49 : 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
• Luke 15:13 : 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
• Luke 16:19 : 19 {G1161} There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
• Isa 22:13 : 13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
• Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou 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.
• Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
• 1 Pet 4:3-4 : 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: