Bible in Basic English
"Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:"
— Proverbs 23:31, Bible in Basic English
“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.”
“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly: ”
“Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.”
“Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.”
“Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,”
“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.”
Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.