Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly, "
— Proverbs 23:31, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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,”
“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:”
“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.”
She lies in wait along the way like a robber. And the incautious one whom she sees, she will put to death.
Who has woe? Whose father has woe? Who has quarrels? Who falls into pits? Who has wounds without cause? Who has watery eyes?
Is it not those who linger over wine, and who strive to be drinking from their cups?
Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly,
but in the end, it will bite like a snake, and it will spread poison like a king of snakes.
Your eyes will see women who are outsiders, and your heart will utter perversities.
And you will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, and like a pilot, fast asleep, who has lost his hold on the helm.