Proverbs 23:31
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Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
In other translations
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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