Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
WEB
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
YLT
See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
DBT
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.