Romans 12:11(v15)not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Mark 1:35(v15)Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.
Luke 12:42(v15)The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at…
1 Thessalonians 2:9(v18)For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the…
Job 38:3(v17)Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
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Proverbs 20:13(v15)Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Matthew 13:44(v16)“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he…
Ephesians 6:10(v17)Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
1 Peter 1:13(v17)Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of…
Ecclesiastes 9:10(v15)Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are…
Matthew 25:3-10(v18)Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Now…
1 Kings 18:46(v17)Yahweh’s hand was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Song of Solomon 8:12(v16)My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon, two hundred for those who tend its fruit.
Luke 12:35(v17)“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
Ephesians 6:14(v17)Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Genesis 31:40(v18)This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
Joshua 3:1(v15)Joshua got up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They camped…
2 Kings 4:29(v17)Then he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him;…
2 Chronicles 36:15(v15)Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and…
Psalms 119:147-148(v15)I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words. My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on…
Psalms 127:2(v18)It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Isaiah 44:12(v17)The blacksmith takes an ax, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength…
2 Thessalonians 3:7-9(v18)For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you, neither did we eat bread from anyone’s…
Genesis 49:24(v17)But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd,…
Joshua 15:18(v16)When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”
Hosea 7:15(v17)Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.
1 Kings 9:26-28(v14)King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. Hiram sent in…
Ezekiel 27:3-36(v14)and tell Tyre, ‘You who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, the Lord Yahweh says: “You,…
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn vv15–16Or, meat, as Ps. 111:5
Or, meat, as Ps. 111:5
She prepareth their meat betime.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv14–18Pro 31:14 She is like the merchants’ ships; she…
Pro 31:14 She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Ver. 14. She is like the merchants’ ships.] That is, She gets wealth apace; yea, though she stir not off her stool, and studies how to buy everything at best hand, though she send far for it. Of the Low Country men it is said, Peterent ccelum navibus Belgae, si navibus peti posset. So the good housewife would do anything to further thrift.
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Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv14–18By the sale of her homespun commodities she purchaseth…
By the sale of her homespun commodities she purchaseth the choicest goods which come from far countries.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv14–18She is like the merchant ships,.... Not like a…
She is like the merchant ships,.... Not like a single one, but like a navy of them, that cross the seas, go to foreign parts, and come back laden with rich goods: so the church of Christ, and her true members, like ships of burden, trade to heaven, by prayer and other religious exercises, and return with the riches of grace and mercy, to help them in time of need; and though they have often difficult and dangerous passages, are tossed with tempests, and covered with billows; yet, Christ being their pilot, faith their sail, and hope their anchor, they weather the seas, ride out all storms, and come safe home with their merchandise;
she bringeth her food from afar: from a far country, from Egypt particularly, from whence corn for bread, as the word here used signifies, was fetched and carried in ships to divers parts of the world (p); to which the allusion may be: in a spiritual sense, it may mean that the church brings her food or bread from heaven, the good land afar off; where God her father, Christ her husband, and her friends the angels are; with whom she carries on a correspondence, and from hence she has her food for her family; not from below, on earth; not dust, the serpent's food; nor ashes, on which a deceitful heart feeds; nor husks, which swine eat; but the corn of heaven, angels' food, the hidden and heavenly manna; the bread of life, which comes down from heaven; the Gospel of the grace of God, the good news from a far country.
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(p) Bacchylides spud Athenaei Deipnosoph. l. 2. c. 3. p. 39.
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John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn vv14–18From afar - By the sale of her home-spun…
From afar - By the sale of her home-spun commodities she purchases the choicest goods which come from far countries.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv14–18Verse 14. She is like the merchants' ships]
Verse 14. She is like the merchants' ships]
3. She acts like merchants. If she buy any thing for her household, she sells sufficient of her own manufactures to pay for it; if she imports, she exports: and she sends articles of her own manufacturing or produce to distant countries; she traffics with the neighbouring tribes.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn vv15–17Pro 31:15. She riseth while it is yet night…
Pro 31:15. She riseth while it is yet night — “She doth not indulge herself in too much sleep, but is an early riser, before the break of day, to make provision for those who are to go abroad to work in the fields, and to set her maidens their several tasks at home. The reader will observe that the ideas here refer to those modest and ancient times when female occupations were far different: even of the highest rank, from such as are usual in modern times.” — Dodd.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn vv14–16The comparison points to the enlarged commerce of the…
The comparison points to the enlarged commerce of the Israelites consequent on their contact with the Phoenicians under David and Solomon; compare Pro 31:24.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary1859 · Public DomainOn vv14–18Bread; all that is used for meat and drink.…
Bread; all that is used for meat and drink. Septuagint, "riches." Grabe, "livelihood:" Greek: Bion. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown1871 · Public DomainOn vv15–17She diligently attends to expending as well as gathering…
She diligently attends to expending as well as gathering wealth;
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Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv14–1814. She bringeth her food from afar — What…
14. She bringeth her food from afar — What she needs for sustenance, for convenience, for ornament, which she does not produce herself, she procures by exchange of commodities. She exports and imports. She carries on a profitable commerce.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv14, 15, 1814. She is like the merchant’s ships] The principles…
14. She is like the merchant’s ships] The principles of profitable exchange which regulate foreign trade are exemplified in the narrower sphere of her wise domestic economy. The reference to merchant-ships is interesting as pointing to an age when trade with foreign countries was common.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv14–16(14) She bringeth her food from afar.—Looks for opportunities…
(14) She bringeth her food from afar.—Looks for opportunities of buying cheaply at a distance from home, instead of paying a larger price on the spot.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv14–18HE. She is like the merchants" ships. She is…
HE. She is like the merchants" ships. She is like them in that she extends her operations beyond her own immediate neighbourhood, and bringeth her food from afar, buying in the best markets and on advantageous terms, without regard to distance, and being always on the look out to make honest profit. Septuagint, "She is like a ship trading from a distance, and she herself gathereth her livelihood." The expressions in the text point to active commercial operations by sea as well as land, such as we know to have been undertaken by Solomon, Jehoshaphat, and others, (1Ki_9:26 1Ki_22:48) and such as the Hebrews must have noticed in the Phoenician cities, Sidon and Tyre.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On vv16, 18the fruit of her hands
the fruit of her hands
The money she has earned from the work she did with wool and flax (Proverbs 31:13) is spoken of as if it were fruit growing off a tree. The hands are a synecdoche for the person. AT: "the money she has earned" (See: Metaphor and Synecdoche)
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She dresses herself with strength
Putting on clothes is a metonym for preparing for work. AT: "She prepares herself for hard physical work" (See: Idiom)
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv15–16 Or, meat, as Ps. 111:5
Or, meat, as Ps. 111:5
She prepareth their meat betime.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv14–18 Pro 31:14 She is like the merchants’ ships; she…
Pro 31:14 She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Ver. 14. She is like the merchants’ ships.] That is, She gets wealth apace; yea, though she stir not off her stool, and studies how to buy everything at best hand, though she send far for it. Of the Low Country men it is said, Peterent ccelum navibus Belgae, si navibus peti posset. So the good housewife would do anything to further thrift.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv14–18 By the sale of her homespun commodities she purchaseth…
By the sale of her homespun commodities she purchaseth the choicest goods which come from far countries.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv14–18 She is like the merchant ships,.... Not like a…
She is like the merchant ships,.... Not like a single one, but like a navy of them, that cross the seas, go to foreign parts, and come back laden with rich goods: so the church of Christ, and her true members, like ships of burden, trade to heaven, by prayer and other religious exercises, and return with the riches of grace and mercy, to help them in time of need; and though they have often difficult and dangerous passages, are tossed with tempests, and covered with billows; yet, Christ being their pilot, faith their sail, and hope their anchor, they weather the seas, ride out all storms, and come safe home with their merchandise;
she bringeth her food from afar: from a far country, from Egypt particularly, from whence corn for bread, as the word here used signifies, was fetched and carried in ships to divers parts of the world (p); to which the allusion may be: in a spiritual sense, it may mean that the church brings her food or bread from heaven, the good land afar off; where God her father, Christ her husband, and her friends the angels are; with whom she carries on a correspondence, and from hence she has her food for her family; not from below, on earth; not dust, the serpent's food; nor ashes, on which a deceitful heart feeds; nor husks, which swine eat; but the corn of heaven, angels' food, the hidden and heavenly manna; the bread of life, which comes down from heaven; the Gospel of the grace of God, the good news from a far country.
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(p) Bacchylides spud Athenaei Deipnosoph. l. 2. c. 3. p. 39.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv14–18 From afar - By the sale of her home-spun…
From afar - By the sale of her home-spun commodities she purchases the choicest goods which come from far countries.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv14–18 Verse 14. She is like the merchants' ships]
Verse 14. She is like the merchants' ships]
3. She acts like merchants. If she buy any thing for her household, she sells sufficient of her own manufactures to pay for it; if she imports, she exports: and she sends articles of her own manufacturing or produce to distant countries; she traffics with the neighbouring tribes.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv15–17 Pro 31:15. She riseth while it is yet night…
Pro 31:15. She riseth while it is yet night — “She doth not indulge herself in too much sleep, but is an early riser, before the break of day, to make provision for those who are to go abroad to work in the fields, and to set her maidens their several tasks at home. The reader will observe that the ideas here refer to those modest and ancient times when female occupations were far different: even of the highest rank, from such as are usual in modern times.” — Dodd.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv14–16 The comparison points to the enlarged commerce of the…
The comparison points to the enlarged commerce of the Israelites consequent on their contact with the Phoenicians under David and Solomon; compare Pro 31:24.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv14–18 Bread; all that is used for meat and drink.…
Bread; all that is used for meat and drink. Septuagint, "riches." Grabe, "livelihood:" Greek: Bion. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv15–17 She diligently attends to expending as well as gathering…
She diligently attends to expending as well as gathering wealth;
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv14–18 14. She bringeth her food from afar — What…
14. She bringeth her food from afar — What she needs for sustenance, for convenience, for ornament, which she does not produce herself, she procures by exchange of commodities. She exports and imports. She carries on a profitable commerce.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv14, 15, 18 14. She is like the merchant’s ships] The principles…
14. She is like the merchant’s ships] The principles of profitable exchange which regulate foreign trade are exemplified in the narrower sphere of her wise domestic economy. The reference to merchant-ships is interesting as pointing to an age when trade with foreign countries was common.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–16 (14) She bringeth her food from afar.—Looks for opportunities…
(14) She bringeth her food from afar.—Looks for opportunities of buying cheaply at a distance from home, instead of paying a larger price on the spot.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv14–18 HE. She is like the merchants" ships. She is…
HE. She is like the merchants" ships. She is like them in that she extends her operations beyond her own immediate neighbourhood, and bringeth her food from afar, buying in the best markets and on advantageous terms, without regard to distance, and being always on the look out to make honest profit. Septuagint, "She is like a ship trading from a distance, and she herself gathereth her livelihood." The expressions in the text point to active commercial operations by sea as well as land, such as we know to have been undertaken by Solomon, Jehoshaphat, and others, (1Ki_9:26 1Ki_22:48) and such as the Hebrews must have noticed in the Phoenician cities, Sidon and Tyre.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv16, 18 the fruit of her hands
the fruit of her hands
The money she has earned from the work she did with wool and flax (Proverbs 31:13) is spoken of as if it were fruit growing off a tree. The hands are a synecdoche for the person. AT: "the money she has earned" (See: Metaphor and Synecdoche)
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She dresses herself with strength
Putting on clothes is a metonym for preparing for work. AT: "She prepares herself for hard physical work" (See: Idiom)
makes her arms strong
"she strengthens her arms by doing her work"
translationWords
fruit
vineyard
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v16 31:16-18 An excellent wife is engaged in commercial enterprises…
31:16-18 An excellent wife is engaged in commercial enterprises outside her home.
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