PROV 31:15 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἀνίσταται ἐκ νυκτῶν, καὶ ἔδωκε βρώματα τῷ οἴκῳ, καὶ ἔργα ταῖς θεραπαίναις.
(Kai anistatai ek nuktōn, kai edōke brōmata tōi oikōi, kai erga tais therapainais. )

BrTr And she rises by night, and gives food to her household, and appointed tasks to her maidens.

ULT And she rises while still night
⇔ and gives food to her house
⇔ and a portion to her young women.

UST She gets up before dawn in order to prepare food for her family
⇔ and to prepare some food for her female servants.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE She rises also while it is yet night,
⇔ gives food to her household,
⇔ and portions for her servant girls.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET She also gets up while it is still night,
⇔ and provides food for her household and a portion to her female servants.

LSV Indeed, she rises while yet night,
And gives food to her household,
And a portion to her girls.

FBV She gets up while it's still dark to make breakfast for her family, and to plan what her servant girls need to do.

T4T She gets up before dawn to prepare food for her family.
⇔ Then she plans the work that her servant girls will do on that day.

LEB • And she arises while it is still night, and gives food to her household,
• and tasks to her servant girls.

BBE She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.

Moff She rises before dawn,
⇔ to feed her household
⇔ handing her maids their rations.

JPS She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

ASV She riseth also while it is yet night,
⇔ And giveth food to her household,
⇔ And their task to her maidens.

DRA And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.

YLT Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.

Drby And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.

RV She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and their task to her maidens.
(She riseth/rises also while it is yet night, and giveth/gives meat to her household, and their task to her maidens. )

SLT She will rise while yet night, and she will give food to her house, and a portion to her girls.

Wbstr She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

KJB-1769 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
(She riseth/rises also while it is yet night, and giveth/gives meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. )

KJB-1611 Shee riseth also while it is yet night, and giueth meate to her household, and a portion to her maydens.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps She is vp in the nyght season, to prouide meate for her housholde, and foode for her maydens.
(She is up in the night season, to provide meat for her household, and food for her maidens.)

Gnva And she riseth, whiles it is yet night: and giueth the portion to her houshold, and the ordinarie to her maides.
(And she riseth/rises, whilst/while it is yet night: and giveth/gives the portion to her household, and the ordinarie to her maids. )

Cvdl She is vp in ye night season, to prouyde meate for hir housholde, & foode for hir maydens.
(She is up in ye/you_all night season, to provide meat for her household, and food for her maidens.)

Wycl And sche roos bi nyyt, and yaf prey to hir meyneals, and metis to hir handmaidis.
(And she rose by night, and gave prey to her meyneals, and meats to her handmaids.)

Luth Sie stehet des Nachts auf und gibt Futter ihrem Hause und Essen ihren Dirnen.
(They/She stands the night on/in/to and gives Futter their house and Essen your(pl) You(sg)nen.)

ClVg Et de nocte surrexit, deditque prædam domesticis suis, et cibaria ancillis suis.[fn]
(And from/about at_night rose/got_up, he_gaveque loot domestics to_his_own, and food maidservants to_his_own. )

31.15 De nocte. Sicut totus præsentis sæculi cursus, etc., usque ad et hujusmodi secreto exercere. Surrexit. Cum quis fidelis ad agendum proximorum curam sollicite accingitur. Quod duobus modis facit, quia et eos, qui foris errant, ad fidem vocat; et qui in fide sunt, ut amplius operibus insistant; unde subdit: Deditque prædam domesticis suis. Dat prædam domesticis suis, cum eos, quos diabolus eripuit, eorum societati, qui in fide præcesserunt, conciliat. Dat ancillis suis cibaria, cum humiles quosque, et timore jussa servantes, ne lassescant pio labore, mercedis commemoratione reficit.

31.15 From/About at_night. Like the_whole presents of_the_world/of_the_ages course/running, etc., until to and of_this_kind secretly exercere. He_rose/got_up. Since who/any faithful to agendum of_neighbours care carefully accingitur. That for_two in_ways he_does, because and them, who/which outside they_are_wandering, to faith he_calls; and who/which in/into/on with_faith are, as more works insistant; from_where/who I_submit: And_he_gave loot domestics to_his_own. Dat loot domestics to_his_own, when/with them, which the_devil rescued, their societati, who/which in/into/on with_faith they_preceded, conciliat. Dat maidservants to_his_own food, when/with humbles whichque, and with_fear yussa servantes, not lassescant pious with_hard_work, mercedis recallsione refreshes.

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 31:10–31: This poem describes a capable wife who has good character

In Hebrew, this section is arranged in the form of an acrostic poem. Each of its twenty-two verses begins with a different letter, following the normal order of the Hebrew alphabet. The poem praises the character and abilities of an ideal wife. After an introduction that describes her value (vv. 10–12), the poem describes her activities and achievements in various areas (vv. 13–27). It concludes with praise by her family (vv. 28–29) and all the people (vv. 30–31). The last two verses also serve as the poet’s final conclusion. They summarize what is truly important in an ideal wife.Waltke (page 515) says that the final two verses are praise “by all.” Murphy (page 245) agrees that the “praise” in the final two verses is the “goal or purpose of the poem.”

Some other headings for this section are:

A good wife with many abilities

Description of a Worthy Woman (NASB)

A truly good wife (CEV)

Paragraph 31:13–15

This paragraph describes what the wife does to provide for the needs of everyone in the house. She provides clothes (31:13) and food (31:14–15).UBS (page 655).

31:15

This verse describes the work that the wife does to prepare a morning meal for everyone in the household.

^15aShe rises while it is still night

^15bto provide food for her household

^15cand portions for her maidservants.

31:15a

She rises while it is still night

While it is still dark, she wakes up
Before daylight/dawn, she gets up

She rises while it is still night: The phrase while it is still night refers to the time just before dawn before it gets light. Some languages have specific words for this early morning time. Some other ways to translate this line are:

She gets up before daylight (GNT)

She gets up before dawn (NLT)

She wakes up while it is still dark (GW)

31:15b

to provide food for her household

and prepares food for her family.
and cooks food to feed her family.

to provide food for her household: This line means that she prepares the morning meal for her family and gives them their food. In the context of a household with servants, it probably implies that she supervises the work of the servants in cooking the meal.Garrett (page 247). Some other ways to translate this line are:

to prepare food for her family (GNT)

and gives food to her family (GW)

31:15c

and portions for her maidservants.

She also gives a share of the food to her female/women servants.
She also makes sure that her maids have food to eat.

and portions for her maidservants: There are two ways to interpret the word that the BSB translates as portions:

It means that she gives a portion of food to her servant girls. For example:
and portions of food to her female slaves (GW) (BSB, CEV, ESV, GW, KJV, NAB, NASB, NCV, NET, NIV, NJPS, REB)
It means that she gives assigned tasks to her servant girls. For example:
and to tell her servant women what to do (GNT) (NJB, NLT, NRSV, GNT)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), along with most versions and commentaries.

Some other ways to translate this line are:

and feeds her servant girls (NCV)

with a due share for her servants (REB)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠ע֬וֹד לַ֗יְלָה

when,still night

Here, while still night refers to the time before the sun rises in the morning, not the middle of the night. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “while it is still dark” or “before the sun rises”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

וַ⁠תִּתֵּ֣ן

and=she/it_gave

Here, and indicates that what follows is the purpose for the woman rising while still night. Use a connector in your language that makes indicates a purpose. Alternate translation: “for the purpose of giving”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְ⁠בֵיתָ֑⁠הּ

to,her_of,household

Here, house represents the family who lives in her house. See how you translated the same use of house in [3:33](../03/33.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ֝⁠חֹ֗ק

and,an_allotted_portion

Here, portion refers to a portion of food. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and a portion of food”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠נַעֲרֹתֶֽי⁠הָ

to,her_female_of,servants