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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 tarry late into the 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,{HR}And drowsiness shall clothe with rags. (Prov. 23:21)
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Prov. 20:1• 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler:{HR}And whoso erreth thereby is not wise. (Prov. 20:1)
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1 Sam. 25:36‑37• 36{i}And 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 drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.{/i}
 37{i}And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.{/i} (1 Sam. 25:36‑37)
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2 Sam. 13:28• 28{i}And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.{/i} (2 Sam. 13:28)
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1 Kings 20:16‑22• 16{i}And they went out at noon; and Ben-Hadad drank himself drunk in the tents, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.{/i}
 17{i}And the servants 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.{/i}
 18{i}And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.{/i}
 19{i}And these servants of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army that followed them.{/i}
 20{i}And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.{/i}
 21{i}And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.{/i}
 22{i}And the prophet drew near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and understand, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.{/i} (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 tarry late into the 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 these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are gone astray 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. (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 beat his fellow-bondmen, and shall eat and drink with the drunken,
 50the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour that he knoweth not, (Matt. 24:49‑50)
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Luke 12:45‑46• 45But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
 46the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he doth not expect it, and in an hour he knoweth not of, and shall cut him in two, and appoint his portion with the unbelievers. (Luke 12:45‑46)
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Eph. 5:18• 18And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled with [the] Spirit, (Eph. 5:18)
redness.
Gen. 49:12• 12his eyes [are] 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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Who hatha woe? Who hathb sorrow?{HR}Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining?{HR}Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyesc?

WK Translation Notes

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a
Or, oh!
b
Or, alas!
c
Or, darkness.