Proverbs Chapter 23 verse 34 Holy Bible
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.
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Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.
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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:
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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.
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Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
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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.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 34. - As he that lieth down in the midst of the sea. The dazed and unconscious condition of a drunkard is described by one familiar with sea life, as in Psalm 104:25, etc.; Psalms 107:23, etc. The Hebrew has "in the heart of the sea" (Jonah 2:4), i.e. the depth. Many understand the idea to be that the drunkard is compared to a man asleep in a frail boat, or to one slumbering on board a ship sunk in the trough of the sea. But the "lying" here does not imply sleep, but rather immersion. The inebriated person is assimilated to one who is drowned or drowning, who is cut off from all his former pursuits and interests in life, and has become unconscious of surrounding circumstances. This much more exactly represents the case than any notion of sloping amid danger. Septuagint, "Thou shalt lie as in the heart of the sea." Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast; the extreme point of the sailyard, where no one could lie without the greatest peril of falling off. The drunkard is exposed to dangers of all kinds from being unable to take care of himself, and yet is all the time unconscious of his critical situation. Corn. a Lapide, followed by Plumptre, considers that the cradle, or look out, on the top of the mast is meant, where, if the watchman slept, he would be certain to endanger his life. Vulgate, "like a pilot fallen asleep, who has dropped the tiller," and is therefore on the way to shipwreck. Septuagint, "as a pilot in a great storm."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(34) As he that lieth down in the midst of the sea.--And so would inevitably be drowned if he trusted to its smooth, glassy appearance.As he that lieth upon the top of a mast.--Whom every roll of the ship might hurl into the waves. The absolute insensibility of the drunkard to danger is here described. Or it may mean that everything round the drunkard and the ground on which he lies, seem to rock like the waves of the sea, or the masthead of a ship.
