Proverbs 31:5
New International Version
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

New Living Translation
For if they drink, they may forget the law and not give justice to the oppressed.

English Standard Version
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Berean Standard Bible
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

King James Bible
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

New King James Version
Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.

New American Standard Bible
Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the needy.

NASB 1995
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

NASB 1977
Lest they drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Legacy Standard Bible
Lest he drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.

Amplified Bible
Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees, And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.

Christian Standard Bible
Otherwise, he will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Otherwise, they will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.

American Standard Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Lest you drink and you forget the Prophet, and you forget the judgment of all the poor children.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly.

Contemporary English Version
Drinking makes you forget your responsibilities, and you mistreat the poor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

English Revised Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any that is afflicted.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Otherwise, they drink and forget what they have decreed and change the standard of justice for all oppressed people.

Good News Translation
When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need.

International Standard Version
Otherwise, they may drink and forget what has been ordained, perverting justice for all the oppressed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Lest they drink, and forget that which is decreed, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.

Literal Standard Version
Lest he drink, and forget the decree, | And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

Majority Standard Bible
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

New American Bible
Lest in drinking they forget what has been decreed, and violate the rights of any who are in need.

NET Bible
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

New Revised Standard Version
or else they will drink and forget what has been decreed, and will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

New Heart English Bible
lest they drink, and forget the decree, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

Webster's Bible Translation
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

World English Bible
lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

Young's Literal Translation
Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

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Context
The Words of King Lemuel
4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, 5lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice. 6Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.…

Cross References
Exodus 23:6
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

Leviticus 10:9
"You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

1 Kings 20:12
Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, "Take your positions." So they stationed themselves against the city.

Proverbs 17:15
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous--both are detestable to the LORD.

Proverbs 18:5
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.


Treasury of Scripture

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

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Habakkuk 2:5
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

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Proverbs 31
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Verse 5. - This gives a reason for the warning. Lest they drink, and forget the Law. That which has been decreed, and is right and lawful, the appointed ordinance, particularly as regards the administration of justice. Septuagint, "Lest drinking, they forget wisdom." And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted; literally, of all the sons of affliction; i.e. the whole class of poorer people. Intemperance leads to selfish disregard of others' claims, an inability to examine questions impartially, and consequent perversion of justice. Isaiah (Isaiah 5:23) speaks of intoxication as inducing men to "justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
lest
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

they drink
יִ֭שְׁתֶּה (yiš·teh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

and forget
וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח (wə·yiš·kaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

what is decreed,
מְחֻקָּ֑ק (mə·ḥuq·qāq)
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2710: To hack, engrave, to enact, prescribe

and deprive
וִֽ֝ישַׁנֶּה (wî·šan·neh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8138: To fold, duplicate, to transmute

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the oppressed
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of justice.
דִּ֣ין (dîn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1779: Judgement, strife


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