Proverbs 31:6
Strong's Lexicon
Give
תְּנוּ־ (tə·nū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

strong drink
שֵׁכָ֣ר (šê·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7941: 1) strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor

to one who is perishing,
לְאוֹבֵ֑ד (lə·’ō·w·ḇêḏ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6: 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.)

and wine
וְ֝יַיִן (wə·ya·yin)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3196: 1) wine

to the bitter
לְמָ֣רֵי (lə·mā·rê)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4751: adj 1) bitter, bitterness 1a) of water or food 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) 1c) of pain (subst) adv 2) bitterly

in soul.
נָֽפֶשׁ׃ (nā·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.

Young's Literal Translation
Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Give beer to one who is dying and wine to one whose life is bitter.

New American Standard Bible
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to him whose life is bitter.

King James Bible
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish!

New Living Translation
Alcohol is for the dying, and wine for those in bitter distress.

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

New American Standard Bible
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to him whose life is bitter.

King James Bible
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Give beer to one who is dying and wine to one whose life is bitter.

International Standard Version
Give liquor to someone who is perishing, and wine to someone who is deeply depressed.

NET Bible
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

American Standard Version
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

English Revised Version
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul:

Young's Literal Translation
Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,
















Cross References
Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Psalm 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

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

Isaiah 38:15
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

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

Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

Proverbs 31:3
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Proverbs 31:8
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Proverbs 31:9
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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