Proverbes 23:30

30 A ceux qui s'arrêtent auprès du vin, et qui vont chercher le vin mixtionné.

Proverbes 23:30 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:30

They that tarry long at the wine
At drinking it. Do not care to stir from it when at it; spend whole days and nights in it, and are overcome by it, and so bring upon them all the above evils; they that go to seek mixed wine,
not wine mixed with water, as used commonly by temperate people in hot countries; but either mixed with spices, to make it more palatable, or with different sorts of wine, some very strong, and more heady and intoxicating; or mere wine meant; wine "poured out", as the word ^F17 signifies, where there is plenty of it; and such as are given to wine go and seek out such places, and where the best is to be had. So the Targum,

``they go and seek the house of mixture, or mixed wine;''

or, as the Syriac version,

``the house of feasting;''

and so the Arabic:

``where there are junketing and drinking bouts,''

as the Septuagint.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Komm) "calicibus epotandi", V. L.

Proverbes 23:30 In-Context

28 Aussi se tient-elle en embuscade comme un brigand, et elle rendra plusieurs hommes infidèles.

29 A qui cette plainte: Malheur sur moi? A qui: Hélas? A qui les débats? A qui le bruit? A qui les blessures sans cause? A qui la rougeur des yeux?

30 A ceux qui s'arrêtent auprès du vin, et qui vont chercher le vin mixtionné.

31 Ne regarde point le vin quand il est rouge, quand il brille dans la coupe, et qu'il coule aisément.

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