6Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:


In Context

3 Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

4 Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:

5 And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

6 Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:

7 Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

8 Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.

Proverbs 31:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:6Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:6Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that are of heavy hearts.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:6Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:6Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be of heavy hearts.