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


In Context

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.

8 "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character

Proverbs 31:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:7Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:7let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:7He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.