Proverbs 23:34

34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.

Proverbs 23:34 in Other Translations

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

34 You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.

34 You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea, clinging to a swaying mast.

34 Reeling and seasick, drunk as a sailor?

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

34 You will be like someone lying down in the middle of the sea or like someone lying down on top of a ship's mast, saying,

34 You'll be like someone sleeping out at sea or lying down on the top of a ship's mast.

34 You will feel like someone sleeping on the ocean. You will think you are lying among the ropes in a boat.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 23:34 In-Context

32 In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.

35 “They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt! They beat me, but I don’t feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?”