Isaiah 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,

English Standard Version
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,

New American Standard Bible
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine And valiant men in mixing strong drink,

King James Bible
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, who are fearless at mixing beer,

International Standard Version
"How terrible it will be for those who are heroes at drinking wine, and champions in mixing strong drink,

American Standard Version
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness.

Darby Bible Translation
Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;

Young's Literal Translation
Woe to the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.

Cross References

Exodus 23:8
And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 23:20
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Proverbs 23:29
Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?

Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

Isaiah 5:11
Woe to them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Isaiah 22:13
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

Isaiah 24:9
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

Isaiah 28:7
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Isaiah 56:12
Come you, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

5:8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts upon the world, will justly be disappointed. Here is woe to those who dote upon the pleasures and the delights of sense. The use of music is lawful; but when it draws away the heart from God, then it becomes a sin to us. God's judgments have seized them, but they will not disturb themselves in their pleasures. The judgments are declared. Let a man be ever so high, death will bring him low; ever so mean, death will bring him lower. The fruit of these judgments shall be, that God will be glorified as a God of power. Also, as a God that is holy; he shall be owned and declared to be so, in the righteous punishment of proud men. Those are in a woful condition who set up sin, and who exert themselves to gratify their base lusts. They are daring in sin, and walk after their own lusts; it is in scorn that they call God the Holy One of Israel. They confound and overthrow distinctions between good and evil. They prefer their own reasonings to Divine revelations; their own devices to the counsels and commands of God. They deem it prudent and politic to continue profitable sins, and to neglect self-denying duties. Also, how light soever men make of drunkenness, it is a sin which lays open to the wrath and curse of God. Their judges perverted justice. Every sin needs some other to conceal it.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

22, 23. Sixth Woe—against corrupt judges, who, "mighty" in drinking "wine" (a boast still not uncommon), if not in defending their country, obtain the means of self-indulgence by taking bribes ("reward"). The two verses are closely joined [Maurer].

mingle strong drink—not with water, but spices to make it intoxicating (Pr 9:2, 5; So 8:2).

take away the righteousness—set aside the just claims of those having a righteous cause.