NET Bible
"lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights."
— Proverbs 31:5, NET Bible
“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 justice due to any that is afflicted. ”
“lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.”
“And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.”
“For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.”
“Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.”
O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,
Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;
let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.