Proverbs 23:35
"They have struck me," you shall say, "and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I did not feel it; when shall I awake, I will seek it yet again."
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
They have stricken{H5221} me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt;{H2470} They have beaten{H1986} me, and I felt{H3045} it not: When shall I awake?{H6974} I will seek{H1245} it yet{H3254} again.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
They have stricken{H5221}{(H8689)} me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick{H2470}{(H8804)}; they have beaten{H1986}{(H8804)} me, and I felt{H3045}{(H8804)} it not: when shall I awake{H6974}{(H8686)}? I will seek{H1245}{(H8762)} it yet{H3254}{(H8686)} again.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
They wounded me (shalt thou saie) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. Whe I am wel wakened, I wil go to ye drynke agayne.
Geneva Bible (1560)
They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet still.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
They haue beaten me shalt thou say and I was not sicke, they haue stricken me, and I felt it not: When I am well wakened, I wil go to the drinke again.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"They hit me, and I was not hurt; They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'
American Standard Version (1901)
They have stricken me, `shalt thou say', and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
American Standard Version (1901)
They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
World English Bible (2000)
"They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
You will say,“They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”
Referenced Verses
- Isa 56:12 : 12 Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
- Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- Prov 26:11 : 11 As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.
- Prov 27:22 : 22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
- 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 tomorrow we shall die.
- Deut 29:19 : 19 And it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
- Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not accustomed to the yoke: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God.
- 1 Cor 15:32-34 : 32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead do not rise? 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.' 33 Do not be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits. 34 Awake to righteousness and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
- Eph 4:19 : 19 Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
- 2 Pet 2:22 : 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "The dog returns to his own vomit," and "the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."
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