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Proverbs 23:35 Cross-References

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They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. I felt: Heb. I knew it not

Proverbs 23:35 (KJV)

Commentary on Proverbs 23:35

This verse concludes the drunkenness warning with tragic irony. The drunk speaks: 'They have stricken me... and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not' (הִכּוּנִי בַל־חָלִיתִי הֲלָמוּנִי בַּל־יָדָעְתִּי/hikkuni val-chaliti halamuni val-yada'ti, they struck me—I didn't become ill; they beat me—I didn't know it) describes alcohol's numbing effect. Physical harm goes unfelt due to intoxication. This seems advantageous but is actually dangerous—pain signals injury requiring attention. The drunk's final words reveal addiction: 'when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again' (מָתַי אָ...

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