Proverbs 23:31

NETBible

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles 1  in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. 2 

NIV ©

Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!

NASB ©

Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;

NLT ©

Don’t let the sparkle and smooth taste of wine deceive you.

MSG ©

Don't judge wine by its label, or its bouquet, or its full-bodied flavor.

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:

NRSV ©

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

NKJV ©

Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly;

KJV
Look
<07200> (8799)
not thou upon the wine
<03196>
when it is red
<0119> (8691)_,
when it giveth
<05414> (8799)
his colour
<05869>
in the cup
<03563> (8675) <03599>_,
[when] it moveth
<01980> (8691)
itself aright
<04339>_.
NASB ©
Do not look
<7200>
on the wine
<3196>
when
<3588>
it is red
<119>
, When
<3588>
it sparkles
<5414>
<5869> in the cup
<3563>
, When it goes
<1980>
down
<1980>
smoothly
<4339>
;
LXXM
mh
<3165> 
ADV
meyuskesye
<3184> 
V-PMD-2P
oinw
<3631> 
N-DSM
alla
<235> 
CONJ
omileite
<3656> 
V-PAD-2P
anyrwpoiv
<444> 
N-DPM
dikaioiv
<1342> 
A-DPM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
omileite
<3656> 
V-PAD-2P
en
<1722> 
PREP
peripatoiv {N-DPM} ean
<1437> 
CONJ
gar
<1063> 
PRT
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
tav
<3588> 
T-APF
fialav
<5357> 
N-APF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ta
<3588> 
T-APN
pothria
<4221> 
N-APN
dwv
<1325> 
V-AAS-2S
touv
<3588> 
T-APM
ofyalmouv
<3788> 
N-APM
sou
<4771> 
P-GS
usteron
<5305> 
ADV
peripathseiv
<4043> 
V-FAI-2S
gumnoterov
<1131> 
A-NSMC
uperou {V-PMD-2S}
NET [draft] ITL
Do not
<0408>
look
<07200>
on the wine
<03196>
when
<03588>
it is red
<0119>
, when
<03588>
it sparkles
<05869>

<05414>
in the cup
<03599>
, when it goes down
<01980>
smoothly
<04339>
.
HEBREW
Myrsymb
<04339>
Klhty
<01980>
wnye
<05869>
*owkb {oykb}
<03599>
Nty
<05414>
yk
<03588>
Mdaty
<0119>
yk
<03588>
Nyy
<03196>
art
<07200>
la (23:31)
<0408>
NETBible

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles 1  in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “its eye gives.” With CEV’s “bubbling up in the glass” one might think champagne was in view.

2 tn The expression is difficult, and is suspected of having been added from Song 7:10, although the parallel is not exact. The verb is the Hitpael imperfect of הָלַךְ (halakh); and the prepositional phrase uses the word “upright; equity; pleasing,” from יָשָׁר (yashar). KJV has “when it moveth itself aright”; much more helpful is ASV: “when it goeth down smoothly.” Most recent English versions are similar to ASV. The phrase obviously refers to the pleasing nature of wine.