King James Version

Proverbs 23:20

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תְּהִ֥יtehibeהָיָהverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a wish or indirect commandH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְסֹֽבְאֵיvesoveein drunkardסָבָאpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct — “in drunkard”, a verb used as a describing wordH5433to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsydrunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-) bibber.יָ֑יִןyayinwineיַיִןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “wine”, the ordinary formH3196wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxicationbanqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖יbezolalein blow downזָלַלpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct — “in blow down”, a verb used as a describing wordH2151to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigalblow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.בָשָׂ֣רvasarbodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “body”, the ordinary formH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.לָֽמוֹlamvotoלָֽמוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Young’s Literal Translation

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

World English Bible

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;

Darby Translation

Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.

Douay-Rheims

Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ ἴσθι οἰνοπότης, μηδὲ ἐκτείνου συμβολαῖς, κρεῶν τε ἀγορασμοῖς.