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Proverbs 31:7

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

KJV

Bibant, et obliviscantur egestatis suæ, et doloris sui non recordentur amplius.

Vulgate

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

ASV

יִ֭שְׁתֶּה וְ/יִשְׁכַּ֣ח רִישׁ֑/וֹ וַ֝/עֲמָל֗/וֹ לֹ֣א יִזְכָּר עֽוֹד

Hebrew

Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 55×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
ךָ
k
noun · 7×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
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

  • Eph 5:18 — And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
  • Gen 41:51 — And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.