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Proverbs 31:5

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any that is afflicted.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— —lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Lest he drink, and forget that which is decreed, and alter the plea of any who are sorely oppressed.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Lest they drinke, and forget the Law, and peruert the iudgement of any of the afflicted.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Lest you drink and forget the law and forsake the judgment of the afflicted.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Lest x6435
(6435) Complement
פֵּן
pen
{pane}
From H6437; properly removal; used only (in the constructive) adverbially as conjugation lest.
they drink, 8354
{8354} Prime
שָׁתָה
shathah
{shaw-thaw'}
A primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
and forget 7911
{7911} Prime
שָׁכַח
shakach
{shaw-kakh'}
A primitive root; to mislay, that is, to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
the law, 2710
{2710} Prime
חָקַק
chaqaq
{khaw-kak'}
A primitive root; properly to hack, that is, engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe.
z8794
<8794> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 194
and pervert 8138
{8138} Prime
שָׁנָה
shanah
{shaw-naw'}
A primitive root; to fold, that is, duplicate (literally or figuratively (); by implication to transmute (transitively or intransitively).
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
the judgment 1779
{1779} Prime
דִּין
diyn
{deen}
From H1777; judgment (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife.
of any x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
of the afflicted. 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
6040
{6040} Prime
עֳנִי
`oniy
{on-ee'}
From H6031; depression, that is, misery.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 31:3-9.


Proverbs 31:4-5

_ _ Stimulants enfeeble reason, pervert the heart, and do not suit rulers, who need clear and steady minds, and well-governed affections (compare Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 22:29).

_ _ pervert ... afflicted — They give unrighteous decisions against the poor.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 31:1-9.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
pervert:
Heb. alter

any of the afflicted:
Heb. all the sons of affliction,
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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