Proverbs 23:34
You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.
In context
31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. 32 In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things. 34 You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast. 35 “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.”
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 23:34 in the KJV
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.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 23:34 in the NIV
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.