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Proverbs 23

Prov. 23:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who hath woe
'owy (Hebrew #188)
lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
KJV usage: alas, woe.
Pronounce: o'-ee
Origin: probably from 183 (in the sense of crying out after)
v? who hath sorrow
'abowy (Hebrew #17)
want
KJV usage: sorrow.
Pronounce: ab-o'ee
Origin: from 14 (in the sense of desiring)
? who hath contentions
madown (Hebrew #4066)
a contest or quarrel
KJV usage: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare 4079, 4090.
Pronounce: maw-dohn'
Origin: from 1777
midyan (Hebrew #4079)
a variation for 4066
KJV usage: brawling, contention(-ous).
Pronounce: mid-yawn'
? who hath babbling
siyach (Hebrew #7879)
a contemplation; by implication, an utterance
KJV usage: babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.
Pronounce: see'-akh
Origin: from 7878
? who hath wounds
petsa` (Hebrew #6482)
a wound
KJV usage: wound(-ing).
Pronounce: peh'-tsah
Origin: from 6481
without cause
chinnam (Hebrew #2600)
gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
KJV usage: without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
Pronounce: khin-nawm'
Origin: from 2580
? who hath redness
chakliluwth (Hebrew #2448)
flash (of the eyes); in a bad sense, blearedness
KJV usage: redness.
Pronounce: khak-lee-looth'
Origin: from 2447
of eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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Isa. 5:11,22• 11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
 22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: (Isa. 5:11,22)
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Hab. 2:5• 5Yea 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: (Hab. 2:5)

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Who hath woe.
Prov. 23:21• 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. (Prov. 23:21)
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Prov. 20:1• 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. (Prov. 20:1)
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1 Sam. 25:36‑37• 36And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
 37But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. (1 Sam. 25:36‑37)
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2 Sam. 13:28• 28Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. (2 Sam. 13:28)
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1 Kings 20:16‑22• 16And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
 17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
 18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
 19So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
 20And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
 21And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
 22And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. (1 Kings 20:16‑22)
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Isa. 5:11,22• 11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
 22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: (Isa. 5:11,22)
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Isa. 28:7‑8• 7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
 8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. (Isa. 28:7‑8)
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Nah. 1:10• 10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. (Nah. 1:10)
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Matt. 24:49‑50• 49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
 50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, (Matt. 24:49‑50)
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Luke 12:45‑46• 45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
 46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. (Luke 12:45‑46)
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Eph. 5:18• 18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; (Eph. 5:18)
redness.
Gen. 49:12• 12His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. (Gen. 49:12)
• Six questions are now asked, to be answered in the verses that follow. Woe, sorrow, contentions, anxiety (or perhaps, mutterings), needless wounds, and inflamed eyes are characteristic of him who is about to be described. The abrupt inquiries fix the mind and focus the attention upon the terrible and vivid description of the drunkard. (“Proverbs Twenty-Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who hath woe? Who hath sorrowg? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who rednessh of eyes?

JND Translation Notes

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g
Lit. "Whose is, 'Oh!'" Whose is, 'Woe is me!'?"
h
Or "darkening."