Proverbs 23:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. Lieth down in the midst of the sea - He is utterly regardless of life; which is expressed very forcibly by one in a state of intoxication ascending the shrouds, clasping the mast-head, and there falling asleep; whence, in a few moments, he must either fall down upon the deck and be dashed to pieces, or fall into the sea and be drowned. Reader, if thou be a man given to this appetite, put a knife to thy throat.

Proverbs 23:34

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midstf of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.