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13 But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that (A)cheers God and men and go to hold sway over the trees?’

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13 “But the vine answered, ‘Should I give up my wine,(A) which cheers both gods and humans, to hold sway over the trees?’

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19 Bread is made for laughter,
    and (A)wine gladdens life,
    and (B)money answers everything.

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19 A feast is made for laughter,
    wine(A) makes life merry,
    and money is the answer for everything.

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Give strong drink to the one who (A)is perishing,
    and wine to (B)those in bitter distress;[a]
(C)let them drink and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:6 Hebrew those bitter in soul

Let beer be for those who are perishing,
    wine(A) for those who are in anguish!
Let them drink(B) and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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