33 Your eyes will see strange things,
and you will say absurd things.[a](A)
34 You’ll be like someone sleeping out at sea
or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast.
35 “They struck me, but[b] I feel no pain!
They beat me, but I didn’t know it!(B)
When will I wake up?
I’ll look for another drink.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:33 Or will speak perversities or inverted things
  2. Proverbs 23:35 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read me,” you will say, “But

33 Your eyes will see strange sights,
    and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
    lying on top of the rigging.
35 “They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt!
    They beat me, but I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up
    so I can find another drink?”(A)

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