5lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.


In Context

2 "O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,

3 do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.

4 "It is not for kings, O Lemuel- not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,

5 lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

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

7 let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.

Proverbs 31:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:5And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5lest they drink And forget the law, And pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any that is afflicted.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.