New Revised Standard Version
Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;

Contemporary English Version
Beer and wine are only for the dying or for those who have lost all hope.

New American Bible
Give strong drink to anyone who is perishing, and wine to the embittered;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:

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

strong

Psalm 104:15 And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

1 Timothy 5:23 Do not still drink water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thy frequent infirmities.

of heavy hearts or bitter of soul

1 Samuel 1:10 As Anna had her heart full of grief, she prayed to the Lord, shedding many tears,

1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.

2 Kings 4:27 And when she came to the man of God, to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.