Proverbi 23:30

30 Per chi s’indugia a lungo presso il vino, per quei che vanno a gustare il vin drogato.

Proverbi 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.

Proverbi 23:30 In-Context

28 Anch’essa sta in agguato come un ladro, e accresce fra gli uomini il numero de’ traditori.

29 Per chi sono gli "ahi"? per chi gli "ahimè"? per chi le liti? per chi i lamenti? per chi le ferite senza ragione? per chi gli occhi rossi?

30 Per chi s’indugia a lungo presso il vino, per quei che vanno a gustare il vin drogato.

31 Non guardare il vino quando rosseggia, quando scintilla nel calice e va giù così facilmente!

32 Alla fine, esso morde come un serpente e punge come un basilisco.