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They beat me, but I don&#8217t feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And you will say, “They hit me, but I didn’t feel it. I didn’t even know it when they beat me up. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They have stricken me, <i>shalt thou say, and</i> I was not sick; they have beaten me, <i>and</i> I felt <i>it</i> not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“They have struck me, <i>but</i> I was not hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel <i>it.</i> When shall I awake, that I may seek another <i>drink?</i>”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They struck me, <i>but</i> I did not become ill; They beat me, <i>but</i> I did not know <i>it.</i> When will I awake? I will seek another drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“They struck me, <i>but</i> I did not become ill; They beat me, <i>but</i> I did not know <i>it.</i> When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“They struck me, <i>but</i> I did not become ill; They beat me, <i>but</i> I did not know <i>it</i>. When shall I awake? I will seek yet another.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“They struck me, but I was not hurt! They beat me, but I did not feel it! When will I wake up? I will seek more wine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I didn’t know it! When will I wake up? I’ll look for another drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I didn&#8217t know it! When will I wake up? I&#8217ll look for another drink.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You will be bruised all over, without even remembering how it all happened. And you will lie awake asking, "When will morning come, so I can drink some more?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"They strike me, but I feel no pain. They beat me, but I'm not aware of it. Whenever I wake up, I'm going to look for another drink."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"I must have been hit," you will say; "I must have been beaten up, but I don't remember it. Why can't I wake up? I need another drink." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"They struck me," you will say, "but I never felt it. They beat me, but I never knew it When will I wake up? I want another drink."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will say, "They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"They hit me, and I was not hurt. They beat me, and I do not feel it. When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They have stricken me, wilt 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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“They struck me, I have not been sick, "" They beat me, I have not known. When I awake—I seek it yet again!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They struck me, I was not pained; they beat me, I knew not: when shall I awake? I will add, I will yet seek it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake, and find wine again? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you will say: “They have beaten me, but I did not feel pain. They have dragged me, and I did not realize it. When will I awaken and find more wine?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“They struck me, but it did not pain me; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When can I get up, when can I go out and get more?” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They have beaten me, you shall say, but I did not suffer, they have mocked me, but I did not know it; when I shall awake sober, I will go and seek it yet again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you will say, "They hit me and I did not suffer; they were abusive to me and I did not know it. When I wake up and I go out, I will seek it.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They have struck me, and I felt it not, They have beaten me, and I knew it not; When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/23-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=4812" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/23.htm">True Riches</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">34</span>You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast: <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: hik·kū·nî (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp:: 1cs) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">“They struck me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="1077: ḇal- (Adv) -- Not. From balah; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually not at all; also lest.">but I feel no</a> <a href="/hebrew/2470.htm" title="2470: ḥā·lî·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence to be weak, sick, afflicted; or to grieve, make sick; also to stroke, entreat.">pain!</a> <a href="/hebrew/1986.htm" title="1986: hă·lā·mū·nî (V-Qal-Perf-3cp:: 1cs) -- To smite, hammer, strike down. A primitive root; to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband.">They beat me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="1077: bal- (Adv) -- Not. From balah; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually not at all; also lest.">but I did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏā·‘ə·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know it!</a> <a href="/hebrew/4970.htm" title="4970: mā·ṯay (Interrog) -- When?. From an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent; but used only adverbially, when.">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/6974.htm" title="6974: ’ā·qîṣ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- Arise, be awake, watch. A primitive root (compare yaqats); to awake.">can I wake up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: ’ă·ḇaq·šen·nū (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs:: 3mse) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">to search for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: ’ō·w·sîp̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">another</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">drink?”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Ephesians 5:18</a></span><br />Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7</a></span><br />These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15</a></span><br />Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">1 Corinthians 6:10</a></span><br />nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Galatians 5:21</a></span><br />and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a></span><br />Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3</a></span><br />For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11-12</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. / At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a></span><br />to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5</a></span><br />Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-11.htm">Micah 2:11</a></span><br />If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-10.htm">Nahum 1:10</a></span><br />For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Jeremiah 51:39</a></span><br />While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They have stricken me, shall you 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.</p><p class="hdg">stricken</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a></b></br> Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, <i>yet</i> will not his foolishness depart from him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a></b></br> O LORD, <i>are</i> not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, <i>but</i> they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Jeremiah 31:18</a></b></br> I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself <i>thus</i>; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed <i>to the yoke</i>: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou <i>art</i> the LORD my God.</p><p class="hdg">i felt it not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/4-19.htm">Ephesians 4:19</a></b></br> Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.</p><p class="hdg">i will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a></b></br> As a dog returneth to his vomit, <i>so</i> a fool returneth to his folly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19</a></b></br> And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Isaiah 22:13</a></b></br> And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/20-13.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-14.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/psalms/89-23.htm">Beaten</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-14.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-21.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/psalms/115-7.htm">Feel</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-10.htm">Feeling</a> <a href="/psalms/30-6.htm">Felt</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-25.htm">Find</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-3.htm">Hit</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-24.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-14.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-31.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-25.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-30.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-12.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-14.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/psalms/118-18.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/psalms/139-18.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-14.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-31.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/songs/2-7.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Beaten</a> <a href="/songs/5-7.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-21.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-5.htm">Feel</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-17.htm">Feeling</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-10.htm">Felt</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Find</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-4.htm">Hit</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-13.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-10.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-6.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-18.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-27.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/songs/2-5.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-13.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/songs/5-7.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/songs/2-7.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-11.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-4.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/23-1.htm">Consider carefully what is before you</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, wine was a common beverage, but drunkenness was condemned (<a href="/proverbs/20.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a>). The lack of pain awareness signifies a loss of self-control and discernment, which is a recurring theme in Proverbs. This can be compared to the spiritual numbness that sin can cause, dulling one's sensitivity to God's guidance.<p><b>They beat me, but I did not know it!</b><br>The imagery of being beaten without awareness highlights the self-destructive nature of addiction. In the ancient Near East, physical discipline was a common corrective measure, but here it illustrates the folly of ignoring consequences. This can be linked to the spiritual blindness described in <a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a>, where people hear but do not understand, see but do not perceive.<p><b>When can I wake up to search for another drink?</b><br>This phrase captures the cycle of addiction, where the desire for alcohol becomes a consuming pursuit. It reflects the insatiable nature of sin, as seen in <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:8</a>, where the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing. The longing for another drink symbolizes the deeper spiritual thirst that only God can quench, as Jesus offers living water in <a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a>. This also serves as a warning against idolatry, where anything that takes precedence over God becomes a false god.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_drunkard.htm">The Drunkard</a></b><br>The verse describes a person who is under the influence of alcohol, illustrating the effects of excessive drinking.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_setting_of_intoxication.htm">The Setting of Intoxication</a></b><br>The context is a place or state where the individual is so intoxicated that they are unaware of their physical condition or surroundings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_act_of_drinking.htm">The Act of Drinking</a></b><br>The event of consuming alcohol to the point of losing awareness and self-control.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_deceptive_nature_of_sin.htm">The Deceptive Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Just as the drunkard is unaware of their pain, sin can numb us to its consequences. We must remain vigilant and sober-minded.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cycle_of_addiction.htm">The Cycle of Addiction</a></b><br>The desire to "find another drink" illustrates the cycle of addiction. Believers are called to break free from such cycles through the power of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_self-control.htm">The Importance of Self-Control</a></b><br><a href="/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35</a> highlights the loss of self-control. Christians are encouraged to cultivate the fruit of the Spirit, which includes self-control.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/awareness_and_repentance.htm">Awareness and Repentance</a></b><br>Recognizing our spiritual state is crucial. We must "wake up" to our need for repentance and seek God's help to overcome sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_sobriety.htm">The Call to Sobriety</a></b><br>Scripture consistently calls believers to live soberly, being alert and ready for Christ's return.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_should_we_treat_the_poor_among_us.htm">How can we pursue excellence in all we do?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_the_new_man_in_the_story.htm">What are the torments of Sheol?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'rise_first'_mean.htm">What is the meaning of Proverbs 20:1?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_psalm_46_5.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'pray for your enemies'?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(35) <span class= "bld">They have stricken me, and I was not sick.--</span>The drunken man feels no blows or ill usage.<p><span class= "bld">When shall I awake?</span>--He longs to rouse himself from his slumber that he may return to his debauch.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 35.</span> - The drunkard is represented as speaking to himself. The LXX. inserts, "and thou shelf say" as the Authorized Version does: They have stricken me, shall thou say, and <span class="cmt_word">I was not sick;</span> or, <span class="accented">I was not </span>hurt. The drunken man has been beaten (perhaps there is a reference to the "contentions," ver. 29), but the blows did not pain him; his condition has rendered him insensible to pain. He has some vague idea the he has suffered certain rough treatment at the hands of his companions, but it has made no impression on him. They have beaten me, and I felt it not; did not even know it. Far from recognizing his degradation and profiting by the merzed chastisement which he has incurred, he is represented as looking forward with pleasure to a renewal of his debauch, when his drunken sleep shall be over. <span class="cmt_word">When shall I awake? I will seek it</span> (wine) <span class="cmt_word">yet again.</span> Some take <span class="hebrew">מָתַי</span> (<span class="accented">mathai</span>) as the relative conjunctive: "When I awake I will seek it again;" but it is always used interrogatively, and the expression thus becomes more animated, as Delitzsch observes. It is as though the drunkard has to yield to the effects of his excess and sleep off his intoxication, but he is. as it were, all the time longing to be able to rouse himself and recommence his orgies. We have had words put into the mouth of the sluggard (<a href="/proverbs/6-10.htm">Proverbs 6:10</a>). The whole verse is rendered by the LXX thus: "Thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained, and they mocked me, and I knew it not. When will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may consort?" The author of the 'Tractutus de Conscientia' appended to St. Bernard's works, applies this paragraph to the cuss of an evil conscience indurated by wicked habits and insensible to correction. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/23-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“They struck me,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִכּ֥וּנִי</span> <span class="translit">(hik·kū·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but I feel no</span><br /><span class="heb">בַל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇal-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1077.htm">Strong's 1077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure, nothing, not at all, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pain!</span><br /><span class="heb">חָלִיתִי֮</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·lî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2470.htm">Strong's 2470: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be weak or sick</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They beat me,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲלָמ֗וּנִי</span> <span class="translit">(hă·lā·mū·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1986.htm">Strong's 1986: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike down, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but I did not</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּל־</span> <span class="translit">(bal-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1077.htm">Strong's 1077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure, nothing, not at all, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">know it!</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏā·‘ə·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">מָתַ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4970.htm">Strong's 4970: </a> </span><span class="str2">Extent, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can I wake up</span><br /><span class="heb">אָקִ֑יץ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·qîṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6974.htm">Strong's 6974: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arise, be awake, watch </span><br /><br /><span class="word">to search for</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇaq·šen·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> </span><span class="str2">To search out, to strive after</span><br /><br /><span class="word">another</span><br /><span class="heb">א֝וֹסִ֗יף</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·sîp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">drink?”</span><br /><span class="heb">עֽוֹד׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/23-35.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 23:35 They hit me and I was not (Prov. 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