Proverbs 23:33
What does Proverbs 23:33 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 23:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jude 1:12
These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
- Psalms 69:12
They that sit in the gate talk of me; AndI amthe song of the drunkards.
- Proverbs 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
- Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
- Daniel 5:4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- Genesis 19:32
come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
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