The Meaning of Proverbs 31:7 Explained

Proverbs 31:7

KJV: Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

YLT: He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

Darby: let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

ASV: Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 31:7?

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What is the context of Proverbs 31:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

What does Proverbs 31:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 31:1-9 - The Worthy Woman

In these words of King Lemuel, we notice a mother's influence in the education of her son. A woman is never more nobly occupied than in warning her son against the seductions of pleasure and in giving him a high sense of that which is right. The sins of the flesh have been the peculiar snare of royal personages, preventing them from pleading the cause of the desolate and ministering judgment to the poor and needy. What a contrast to the glory of the sovereignty of Jesus! When Savonarola preached with his burning eloquence in Florence, the people cried, "Jesus is our King, only Jesus!" That is what we all need. He is the King of whom His subjects need never be ashamed.

We cannot interpret Proverbs 31:6 and Proverbs 31:7 as a divine injunction, but rather as an admission that alcohol imparts a temporary stimulus to the despairing and the dying. We must remember Proverbs 20:1. Still speaking of the king, Lemuel shows how best his influence can be employed, Proverbs 31:8 and Proverbs 31:9. But the same obligation and privilege rests on us all. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 31

¹ Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance
⁶ The afflicted are to be comforted and defended
¹⁰ The praise and properties of a good wife

What do the individual words in Proverbs 31:7 mean?

Let him drink and forget his poverty and his misery no remember more

יִ֭שְׁתֶּה וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח רִישׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹ לֹ֣א יִזְכָּר־ עֽוֹד

יִ֭שְׁתֶּה	Let him drink
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁתָה Sense: to drink.
וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח	and forget
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: כָּשַׁח Sense: to forget, ignore, wither.
רִישׁ֑וֹ	his poverty
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: רֵישׁ Sense: poverty.
וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹ	and his misery
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: עָמָל Sense: .
לֹ֣א	no
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִזְכָּר־	remember
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: זָכַר Sense: to remember, recall, call to mind.
עֽוֹד	more
Parse: Adverb Root: עֹוד Sense: a going round, continuance adv.

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