Proverbs 23:34 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Yea, 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.”
Proverbs 23:34 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 23:34 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 23:34 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 23:34 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:”
Proverbs 23:34 — World English Bible
Proverbs 23:34 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Yea, 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. ”
Proverbs 23:34 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 23:34 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.”
Proverbs 23:34 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 23:34 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast: ”
Proverbs 23:34 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 23:34 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste.”
Proverbs 23:34 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 23:34 in Context — Proverbs 23
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, 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.
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
What Does Proverbs 23:34 Mean?
Proverbs 23:34 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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