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Proverbs 23:35 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 23 · verse 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.Proverbs 23:35 · King James Version
Proverbs 23:35 in context
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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.
35They 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strickennâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- beatenhâlamto strike downH1986 →
- awakeqûwtsto awakeH6974 →
- sickchâlâhproperly, to be rubbed or wornH2470 →
- feltyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- seekbâqashto search outH1245 →
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Solomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, Pro 23:20. I. He cautions all people to keep out of the way of temptations to this sin (Pro 23:31): Look not thou upon the wine when it is red.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-35