Proverbs 23:31
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Look not you on the wine when it is red, when it gives his color in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Look not you on the wine when it is red, when it gives his color in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
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:
Webster's Revision
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
World English Bible
Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly.
Clarke's Proverbs 23:31 Bible Commentary
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.
Barnes's Proverbs 23:31 Bible Commentary
His color - literally, "its eye," the clear brightness, or the beaded bubbles on which the wine drinker looks with complacency.
It moveth itself aright - The Hebrew word describes the pellucid stream flowing pleasantly from the wineskin or jug into the goblet or the throat (compare Sol 7:9), rather than a sparkling wine.
Wesley's Proverbs 23:31 Bible Commentary
23:31 Red - Which was the colour of the best wines in that country.Aright - When it sparkles, and seems to smile upon a man.