Proverbs 23:31

Saying 19

30Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. 31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. 32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

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Berean Standard Bible
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
American Standard Version (1901)
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
Bible in Basic English
Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
Douay-Rheims 1899
Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,
Free Bible Version
Don't let the look of wine tempt you—how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smooth it feels as it goes down.
Geneva Bible 1599
Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.
King James (Authorized) Version
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
One Unity Resource Bible
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Translation for Translators
Do not look with pleasure at red wine that looks nice, and which sparkles when it is poured out into cups, and which tastes good as you drink it,
Unlocked Literal Bible
Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Noah Webster Bible
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
World English Bible
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Young's Literal Translation
See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.