Proverbs 31:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For they will drinkיִ֭שְׁתֶּה
(yish·teh)
8354: to drinka prim. root
and forgetוְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח
(ve·yish·kach)
7911: to forgeta prim. root
what is decreed,מְחֻקָּ֑ק
(me·chuk·kak;)
2710: to cut in, inscribe, decreea prim. root
And pervert 
 
8132: to changea prim. root
the rightsדִּ֣ין
(din)
1779: judgmentfrom din
of allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
the afflicted.בְּנֵי־
(be·nei-)
1121: sona prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Lest they drink
shathah  (shaw-thaw')
to imbibe -- assuredly, banquet, certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (-ard), surely.
and forget
shakach  (shaw-kakh')
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention -- at all, (cause to) forget.
the law
chaqaq  (khaw-kak')
to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
and pervert
shanah  (shaw-naw')
to fold, i.e. duplicate; by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
the judgment
duwn  (doon)
judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by impl. also strife -- cause, judgement, plea, strife.
of any of the afflicted
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
`oniy  (on-ee')
depression, i.e. misery -- afflicted(-ion), trouble.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

King James Bible
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Otherwise, they will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.

International Standard Version
Otherwise, they may drink and forget what has been ordained, perverting justice for all the oppressed.

NET Bible
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Lest you drink and you forget the Prophet, and you forget the judgment of all the poor children.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Otherwise, they drink and forget what they have decreed and change the standard of justice for all oppressed people.

King James 2000 Bible
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice of any of the afflicted.
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