PRO 31:17 Parallel Verse View

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UST She prepares herself with her strength,
⇔ and her arms are strong, able to do hard work.

BSB She girds herself [fn] with strength
⇔ and shows that her arms are strong.

31:17 Hebrew She girds her loins

OEB She girds her loins with strength,
⇔ and with vigour she plies her arms.

WEBBE She arms her waist with strength,
⇔ and makes her arms strong.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET She begins her work vigorously,
⇔ and she strengthens her arms.

LSV She has girded her loins with might,
And strengthens her arms.

FBV She's keen to get ready, and works hard with her strong arms.

T4T She works very hard [IDM];
⇔ she makes her arms strong by the work she does.

LEB • and makes her arms strong.

BBE She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.

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JPS She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.

ASV She girdeth her loins with strength,
⇔ And maketh strong her arms.

DRA She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.

YLT She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.

Drby She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.

RV She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.

Wbstr She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

KJB-1769 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

KJB-1611 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes.
(She girdeth her loins with strength, and fortifieth her arms.)

Gnva She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
(She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. )

Cvdl She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength, and courageth hir armes.
(She gyrdeth her loins with strength, and courageth her arms.)

Wyc Sche girde hir leendis with strengthe, and made strong hir arm.
(She girde her leendis with strengthe, and made strong her arm.)

Luth Sie gürtet ihre Lenden fest und stärkt ihre Arme.
(They/She gürtet their/her Lenden fest and stärkt their/her Arme.)

ClVg Accinxit fortitudine lumbos suos, et roboravit brachium suum.[fn]
(Accinxit fortitudine lumbos suos, and roboravit brachium his_own. )

31.17 Accinxit. Cum se ad virtutum opera præparat, etc., usque ad ut bonis operibus fulgeatis.

31.17 Accinxit. Since se to virtutum opera præparat, etc., until to as bonis operibus fulgeatis.

BrTr She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work.

BrLXX Ἀναζωσαμένη ἰσχυρῶς τὴν ὀσφῦν αὐτῆς ἤρεισε τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτῆς εἰς ἔργον.
(Anazōsamenaʸ isⱪurōs taʸn osfun autaʸs aʸreise tous braⱪionas autaʸs eis ergon. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

חָֽגְרָ֣ה & מָתְנֶ֑י⁠הָ

girds & waist,her

The phrase girds her loins refers to preparing to do work, which involved tying up the loose ends of one’s clothes with a belt so that the clothes do not get in the person’s way while working. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “She prepares herself to work”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְ⁠ע֣וֹז

in/on/at/with,strength

Here, strength indicates the manner by which she girds her loins. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “in a strong manner” or “strongly”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ֝⁠תְּאַמֵּ֗ץ זְרֹעוֹתֶֽי⁠הָ

and,makes_~_strong arms,her

Here, Lemuel’s mother implies that this woman strengthens her arms by working hard. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “she strengthens her arms by doing hard work”

Parallel PRO 31:17