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Selected Verse: Proverbs 23:31 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 23:31 |
King James |
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
when . . . red--the color denoting greater strength (compare Gen 49:11; Deu 32:14).
giveth . . . cup--literally, "gives its eye," that is, sparkles.
moveth . . . aright--Perhaps its foaming is meant. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Red - Which was the colour of the best wines in that country. Aright - When it sparkles, and seems to smile upon a man. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Look not thou upon the wine - Let neither the color, the odour, the sparkling, etc., of the wine, when poured out, induce thee to drink of it. However good and pure it may be, it will to thee be a snare, because thou art addicted to it, and hast no self-command. |
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: