¹ tn Heb “to drink”; NASB “to drink wine.” The expression is a metaphor for lavish feasting, cf. NRSV “to feast”; KJV “to banquet.”

¹ tn The LXX has “[their] burnt offerings, and their sacrifices, and their drink offerings.”

¹ tn Heb “as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering.”

² tn Heb “and water for silver give to me so that I may drink.”

⁸ tn Heb “drink [some] of that which” (KJV similar); in the context “water” is implied.

³ tn Heb “surely its dregs they slurp up and drink, all the wicked of the earth.”

³ tn Heb “drink.” The noun שִׁקּוּי (shiqquy, “drink”) is a figure: metonymy of cause (= drink) for the effect (= refreshment); see BDB 1052 s.v. Just as a drink of water would bring physical refreshment to one’s body, trusting in God and turning away from evil will bring emotional refreshment to one’s soul.

³ tn The MT has אֵו (’ev), a Kethib/Qere reading. The Kethib is אוֹ (’o) but the Qere is אֵי (’ey). Some follow the Qere and take the word as a shortened form of וַֹיֵּה, “where?” This would mean the ruler would be always asking for drink (cf. ASV). Others reconstruct to אַוֵּה (’avveh, “to desire; to crave”). In either case, the verse would be saying that a king is not to be wanting/seeking alcohol.

³ tn Here “strong drink” probably refers to barley beer (cf. NIV, NCV “beer”).

⁵ tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”

² tn Heb “grain offering and drink offering are cut off from the house of the Lord,”

² tn Heb “for grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.”

¹ sn Nazirites were strictly forbidden to drink wine (Num 6:2-3).

¹ tc See the tc note on “about to drink” in v. 22.

² tn Heb “and those who gather it will drink it.” The masculine singular pronominal suffixes attached to “gather” and “drink” refer back to the masculine noun תִּירוֹשׁ (tirosh, “wine”) in v. 8b.

¹ tn Heb “they will drink and roar as with wine”; the LXX (followed here by NAB, NRSV) reads “they will drink blood like wine” (referring to a figurative “drinking” of the blood of their enemies).

¹ tn Grk “The cup that the Father has given me to drink, shall I not drink it?” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to reflect contemporary English style.

² tn Heb “Look, I lied down with my father. Let’s make him drink wine again tonight.”

¹ tn Heb “when she had finished giving him a drink.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn The “vinegar” (חֹמֶץ, homets) is some kind of drink preparation that has been allowed to go sour.

³ tn Heb “my drinks.” Many English versions use the singular “drink” here, but cf. NCV, TEV, CEV “wine.”