Translations
Louis Segond 1910
De peur qu'en buvant ils n'oublient la loi, Et ne méconnaissent les droits de tous les malheureux.
KJV
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
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he says, "are prone to anger: they should not drink wine, lest when they drink, they forget wisdom" Proverbs 31:5. Many people boast about drinking a lot and not getting drunk. Let them hear the prophet speaking against them: "Woe to those who are mighty at drinking wine, and val…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 105 (Migne)
biis, Potentes, inquit, iracundi sunt: vinum non bibant, ne cum biberint, obliviscantur sapientiam (Prov. XXXI, 5) . Plerisque laus est multum bibere et non inebriari. Audiant hi adversum se prophetam dicentem: Vae qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum, et viri fortes ad miscenda…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)
nem non abhorrere? Quid impudentius, quam id quod regibus quoque et sacerdotibus legis interdicitur (Prov. XXXI, 5; Levit. X, 9) , Christianae perfectionis abstinentiam non vitare? imo in hoc maxime delectari? Quis namque ignoret quanto in hoc tempore clericorum praecipue vel mon…
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