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 · 2000

Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;

Context

v.32At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

v.33This passage

v.34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

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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