You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.
Solomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, Pro 23:20. I. He cautions all people to keep out of the way of temptations to this sin (Pro 23:31): Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. Red wine was in Canaan looked upon as the best wine, it is therefore called the blood of the grape.
Commenting on Proverbs 23:29-35
Yea, thou shall be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,.... Not in the open sea, and the waves of it, there fluctuating and tossed about; nor in an island encompassed by sea; but in a ship at sea, a drunken man reels and tumbles about, just as a ship does at sea; hence the motions and agitations of it, and...
And 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. (p) In such great danger will you be.