LEB PRO chapter 31

The Oracle of King Lemuel

An Excellent Woman[fn]

10 [fn] of excellence,[fn] who will find?For her worth is far more than precious jewels.
11 [fn] trusts in her, and gain he will not lack.
12  all the days of her life.
13  and she works with the diligence of[fn]
14  from far off she brings her food;[fn]
15 it is still night, and gives food to her household,
and tasks to her servant girls.
16  from the fruit of[fn] she plants a vineyard.
17  and makes her arms strong.
18 is good; her lamp does not go out in the night.
19 [fn] and her palms hold a spindle.
20  and her hand she reaches out to the needy.
21 when it snows, for[fn] is clothed in crimson.
22  her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 [fn] is known at the gates, in his seat among the elders of the land.
24  and she supplies sashes for the merchants.
25  and she laughs[fn]
26  and instruction of kindness is upon her tongue.
27  and the bread of idleness she will not eat.
28  her husband[fn] also, and he praises her;
29 [fn] but[fn] all of them.”
30 [fn] is deceit and beauty[fn]is vain;[fn]but a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.
31  and may they praise her works in the city gates.

?:? Hebrew “right”

?:? Literally “sons of affliction”

?:? Literally “to bitterness of soul”

?:? Hebrew “right”

?:? Literally “the sons of the needy”

?:? NoneProv 31:10–31 is an acrostic poem

?:? Or “wife”

?:? Or “strength,” or “valor,” or “ability,” or “efficiency”

?:? Or “lord”

?:? Literally “her palms”

?:? Or “bread”

?:? Literally “her palm”

?:? A stick or spindle onto which wool or flax is wound in preparation for spinning

?:? Literally “all her house, household”

?:? Or “lord”

?:? Literally “to the day/time coming after”

?:? Or “lord”

?:? Or “strength,” or “valor,” or “ability,” or “efficiency”

?:? Literally “you ascend over”

?:? Hebrew “The charm”

?:? Hebrew “the beauty”

?:? Or “vapor,” or “emptiness,” or “breath”

LEB PRO Chapter 31