Proverbs 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
KJV
et ne forte bibant, et obliviscantur judiciorum, et mutent causam filiorum pauperis.
Vulgate
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
ASV
פֶּן יִ֭שְׁתֶּה וְ/יִשְׁכַּ֣ח מְחֻקָּ֑ק וִֽ֝/ישַׁנֶּה דִּ֣ין כָּל בְּנֵי עֹֽנִי
Hebrew
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דִּ֣ין
dyn
noun · 21×
וֹ
v
verb · 22×
י
y
noun · 36×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְחֹקֵ֖ק
mchqq
verb · 19×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 27:19 — Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Hab 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,
- Prov 3:1 — My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: