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Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Proverbs 23:35

sick Rather, hurt, R.V. or pained; ἐπόνεσα, LXX.; dolui, Vulg. Both the physical and moral insensibility of the drunkard to the consequences of his vice are perhaps pointed at.

awake i.e. shake off completely the stupor from which he is beginning to rouse himself. His first thought on regaining consciousness is to repeat his fault.

it the wine which though it has not been mentioned since Proverbs 23:31, is uppermost in his thoughts. The whole description is strikingly vivid.

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See also Proverbs 23:35 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what (_m...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FELT. knew....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. THEY (MY BOON COMPANIONS, AND OTHERS PROVOKED BY ME...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The sot is represented as saying that the blows which were showered on him when drunk have neither injured nor pained him, and as longing to be fully awake from his drunken sleep in order to return ag...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEY HAVE STRICKEN ME, AND I WAS NOT SICK. — The drunken man feels no blows or ill usage. WHEN SHALL I AWAKE? — He longs to rouse himself from his slumber that he may return to his debauch....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הִכּ֥וּנִי בַל ־חָלִיתִי֮ הֲלָמ֗וּנִי בַּל ־יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 35. _They have stricken me._] A drunken man...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 35. THEY HAVE STRICKEN ME, SHALT THOU SAY, the language of the drunken man being well imitated, AND I WAS NOT SICK, he did not feel the pain of it; THEY HAVE BEATEN ME, AND I FELT IT NOT, he was no...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    I FELT IT NOT: _ Heb._ I knew it not...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEY HAVE STRICKEN ME; I cannot deny that I exposed myself by my drunkenness to manifold abuses and injuries. I WAS NOT SICK; I was not then sensible of it, neither do I now find any great hurt by it;...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 23:35 struck H5221 (H8689) hurt H2470 (H8804) beaten H1986 (H8804) feel H3045 (H8804) awake...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 23:30. MIXED WINE—_i.e._, wine mixed with strong spices. PROVERBS 23:31. WHEN IT GIVETH HIS COLOUR, etc., literally, “When it showeth its eye.” This may refer to its _bright...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 23:1 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the guest of kings....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the next three verses are coupled together. When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite. Be not de...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 15:32; 2 Peter 2:22; Deuteronomy 29:19; Ephesians 4:19;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sick — I was not sensible of it. Again — At present my condition requires sleep to settle myself, and when I am composed, I purpose to return to my former course....

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