He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- BSB But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- NKJV Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.
- NASB He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- NLT One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Prov 20:1Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Hab 2:15–16“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!
- Prov 23:31–32Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
- Gal 5:21envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
- Titus 2:2that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:
- Rom 13:13Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
- Gen 19:32–36Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line.”
- Eccl 7:20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn’t sin.
- Gen 6:9This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
- 1 Cor 10:12Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.
- Luke 22:3–4Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve.
- Rev 3:18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
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