²⁰ and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard;

¹ Wine `is' a scorner -- strong drink `is' noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

²⁶ Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

¹⁹ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

²⁰ Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

²¹ For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

²⁹ Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

³⁰ Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.

³¹ See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

³² Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

³³ Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

³⁴ And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

³⁵ `They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'

¹⁷ Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.