Verse Comparison: Proverbs 31:5
American Standard Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice `due' to any that is afflicted.
Amplified® Bible
Lest they drink and forget the law {and} what it decrees, and pervert the justice due any of the afflicted.
Contemporary English Version
Drinking makes you forget your responsibilities, and you mistreat the poor.
Darby English Version
-- lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.
Good News Bible
When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need.
King James Version
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
New American Standard Bible
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
New International Version
lest they drink and forget what the law decrees,
and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
New King James Version
Lest they drink and forget the law,
And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For they will drink and forget what they have decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Revised Standard Version
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Young's Literal Translation
Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
