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


In Context

2 'What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

3 Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.

4 Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

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

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

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

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:5lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

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 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.