Proverbes 23:34

34 Et tu seras comme celui qui dort au milieu de la mer, et comme celui qui dort au sommet d'un mât.

Proverbes 23:34 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:34

Yea, thou shall be as he that lieth down in the midst of the
sea
Not in the open sea, and the waves of it, there fluctuating and tossed about; nor in an island encompassed by sea; but in a ship at sea, a drunken man reels and tumbles about, just as a ship does at sea; hence the motions and agitations of it, and of the men in it, are compared to the reeling and staggering of a drunken man, ( Psalms 107:26 Psalms 107:27 ) ; or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast:
where the motion is the greatest. Or all this may be expressive of the dangers which a drunkard is exposed unto, and of his stupidity and insensibility; for though he is in as great danger as one in the circumstances described, in a storm at sea, yet is not sensible of it; which agrees with what follows.

Proverbes 23:34 In-Context

32 A la fin, il mord comme le serpent, et pique comme le basilic.

33 Puis tes yeux regarderont les femmes étrangères, et ton cœur parlera d'une manière déréglée;

34 Et tu seras comme celui qui dort au milieu de la mer, et comme celui qui dort au sommet d'un mât.

35 On m'a battu, diras-tu, et je n'ai point de mal; on m'a frappé, et je ne l'ai point senti. Quand je me réveillerai, j'irai encore en chercher.