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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
פן-ישתה וישכח מחקק וישנה דין כל-בני-עני
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
pn-ySHth vySHkKH mKHqq vySHnh dyn kl-bny-`ny

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
ne forte bibat et obliviscatur iudiciorum et mutet causam filiorum pauperis

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice of any of the afflicted.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Authorized (King James) Version   
lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
New King James Version   
Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
21st Century King James Version   
lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Lest you drink and you forget the Prophet, and you forget the judgment of all the poor children.
Darby Bible Translation   
lest they drink And forget the law, And pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any that is afflicted.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
God's Word   
Otherwise, they drink and forget what they have decreed and change the standard of justice for all oppressed people.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Otherwise, they will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.
International Standard Version   
Otherwise, they may drink and forget what has been ordained, perverting justice for all the oppressed.
NET Bible   
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
New American Standard Bible   
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
New International Version   
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
New Living Translation   
For if they drink, they may forget the law and not give justice to the oppressed.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
The World English Bible   
lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
EasyEnglish Bible   
When kings drink alcohol, they forget to obey the law. They take away justice for helpless people.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
New Life Version   
Or they might drink and forget the law, and go against the rights of all who are suffering.
The Voice Bible   
For if they do, they will become drunk and forget the decree they just made and alter the course of justice for all the poor and afflicted.
Living Bible   
For if they drink, they may forget their duties and be unable to give justice to those who are oppressed.
New Catholic Bible   
lest in their stupor they forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of those who are in distress.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Lest he drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Christian Standard Bible   
Otherwise, he will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Lest they drink and forget the law and what it decrees, and pervert the justice due any of the afflicted.
New Century Version   
If they drink, they might forget the law and keep the needy from getting their rights.
The Message   
“Leaders can’t afford to make fools of themselves, gulping wine and swilling beer, Lest, hung over, they don’t know right from wrong, and the people who depend on them are hurt. Use wine and beer only as sedatives, to kill the pain and dull the ache Of the terminally ill, for whom life is a living death.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
If he does, he will drink and forget what is decreed. He will change the legal rights of all the oppressed.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
or else they will drink and forget what has been decreed, and will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Good News Translation®   
When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need.
Wycliffe Bible   
Lest peradventure they drink, and forget dooms, and change the cause of the sons of a poor man. (Lest perhaps they drink, and forget justice, and pervert the cause of the poor.)
Contemporary English Version   
Drinking makes you forget your responsibilities, and you mistreat the poor.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
or else they will drink and forget what has been decreed, and will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Otherwise, they will drink and forget the law, and violate the rights of the needy.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees, And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Lest in drinking they forget what has been decreed, and violate the rights of any who are in need.
New American Standard Bible   
Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the needy.
The Expanded Bible   
If they drink, they might forget the ·law [decrees] and ·keep the needy from getting their rights [violate the rights of the needy].
Tree of Life Version   
lest they drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.
Revised Standard Version   
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
New International Reader's Version   
If they do, they might drink and forget what has been commanded. They might take away the rights of all those who are treated badly.
BRG Bible   
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For they may drink, then forget what has been decreed, and pervert the justice due to the poor.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
or else they will drink and forget what has been decreed, and will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Lest they drink, and forget the decree, and pervert the justice of the bnei oni (all the oppressed afflicted people).
Names of God Bible   
Otherwise, they drink and forget what they have decreed and change the standard of justice for all oppressed people.
Modern English Version   
lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the justice of any of the afflicted.
Easy-to-Read Version   
They may drink too much and forget what the law says. Then they might take away the rights of the poor.
International Children’s Bible   
If they drink, they might forget the law. They might keep the needy from getting their rights.
Lexham English Bible   
Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed, and he will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
New International Version - UK   
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.