Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker - It deceives by its fragrance, intoxicates by its strength, and renders the intoxicated ridiculous.
Strong drink - שכר shechar, any strong fermented liquor, whether of the vine, date, or palm species.
"Wine" and "strong drink" are personified as themselves doing what they make men do. The latter (see Leviticus 10:9 note) is here, probably, the "palm-wine" of Syria.
20:1 A mocker - Wine immoderately drunk makes men mockers.Raging - Makes men full of rage.