Revelation 19:8(v22)It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
Proverbs 12:4(v23)A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
Ephesians 4:28(v20)Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to…
Hebrews 13:16(v20)But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Ruth 4:1(v23)Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here,…
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Proverbs 19:17(v20)He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
Proverbs 22:9(v20)He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
Genesis 41:42(v22)Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain…
Proverbs 7:16(v22)I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
Exodus 35:25-26(v19)All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the…
Deuteronomy 15:11(v20)For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your…
Psalms 41:1(v20)Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
Acts 20:34-35(v20)You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me. In all things I gave you an example, that so…
Romans 12:13(v20)contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
Genesis 45:22(v21)He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
Deuteronomy 16:18(v23)You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the…
Judges 8:26(v22)The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, in addition to the crescents, and…
Esther 8:15(v22)Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine…
Job 31:16-20(v20)“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel alone, and the…
Psalms 45:13-14(v22)The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold. She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins,…
Psalms 112:9(v20)He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
Ezekiel 16:10-13(v22)I clothed you also with embroidered work, and put sealskin sandals on you. I dressed you with fine linen and covered you with silk. I…
Ezekiel 27:16(v24)“ ‘ “Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks. They traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered…
Luke 16:19(v24)“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
1 Peter 3:3(v22)Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;
Revelation 19:14(v22)The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.
Deuteronomy 21:19(v23)then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
Judges 14:12(v24)Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then…
Ruth 4:11(v23)All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like…
2 Samuel 1:24(v21)You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
1 Kings 10:28(v24)The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
Esther 5:1(v22)Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The…
Job 29:7(v23)when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
Proverbs 24:7(v23)Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 25:20(v21)As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Proverbs 31:13(v24)She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.
Proverbs 31:19(v24)She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2(v20)Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what…
Mark 14:7(v20)For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
Acts 9:39-41(v20)Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing…
Romans 10:21(v20)But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
Proverbs 1:24(v20)Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn vv21, 23, 24Or, with double.
Or, with double.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv19–24Pro 31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle,…
Pro 31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Ver. 19. She layeth her hands to the spindle.] {a} Notwithstanding her late purchase, and planting a vineyard {Pro 31:16} and other out businesses. {See Trapp on "Pro 31:13"} The two cardinals, Wolsey and Campeius, coming from King Henry VIII on a message to Queen Catherine of Spain, a little before the divorce, found her with a skein of red silk about her neck, being at work with her maiden. {b} And Queen Anne Boleyn kept her maids, and all that were about her, so busied in sewing and working, that neither was there seen any idleness among them, nor any leisure to follow such pastimes as are usually in princes’ courts. {c}
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{a} Lucretia inter ancillas ad Lucernam fila ducebat.
{b} Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey, p. 69.
{c} Acts and Mon., fol. 957.
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Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv19–24By her own example she provoketh her servants to…
By her own example she provoketh her servants to labour. And although in these later and more delicate and luxurious times, such mean employments are grown out of fashion among great persons, yet they were not so in former ages, neither in other countries, nor in this land; whence all women unmarried are to this day called in the language of our law spinsters.
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John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv19–24She layeth her hands to the spindle,.... As Penelope…
She layeth her hands to the spindle,.... As Penelope and her maidens did (t). Or spinning wheel, more properly, the wheel itself, which is laid hold on by the right hand, and turned round;
and her hands hold the distaff; the rock, stick, or staff, about which the wool is wrapped, which is spun, and is held in the left hand; for though hands are mentioned in both clauses, yet it is only with one hand the wheel is turned, and the distaff held with the other. Not only wool and flax were sought by her, Pro 31:13; but she spins them, and works them up into garments her web is not like the spider's, spun out of its own bowels, on which it hangs; to which the hope and trust of a hypocrite are compared, and whose webs do not become garments to cover them, Job 8:14; but the church's web is both for ornament, to the adorning of her profession, and for defence and protection from the calumnies of the world; for by these are meant good works, as Ambrose interprets them.
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(t) Homer, Odyss. 1. v. 357. & 21. v. 351.
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John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn vv19, 21, 22, 23, 24She layeth - By her own example she provokes…
She layeth - By her own example she provokes her servants to labour. And although in these latter and more delicate times, such mean employments are grown out of fashion among great persons, yet they were not so in former ages, neither in other countries, nor in this land; whence all women unmarried unto this day are called in the language of our law, Spinsters.
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Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv19–24Verse 19. She layeth her hands to the spindle]
Verse 19. She layeth her hands to the spindle]
10. She gives an example of skill and industry to her household. She takes the distaff, that on which the wool or flax was rolled; and the spindle, that by twisting of which she twisted the thread with the right hand, while she held the distaff in the guard of the left arm, and drew down the thread with the fingers of the left hand. Allowing that spindle and distaff are proper translations of כישור kishor, and פלך pelech, this was their use, and the way in which they were used. The spindle and distaff are the most ancient of all the instruments used for spinning, or making thread. The spinning-wheel superseded them in these countries; but still they were in considerable use till spinning machinery superseded both them and the spinning-wheels in general.
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Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn vv19–21Pro 31:19. She layeth her hands to the spindle…
Pro 31:19. She layeth her hands to the spindle — By her own example she provokes her servants to labour. And although in these latter and more delicate times such mean employments are grown out of fashion among great persons, yet they were not so in former ages, neither in other countries, nor in this land; whence all women unmarried, unto this day, are called, in the language of our law, spinsters.
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Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn vv20–24The industry is not selfish, but bears the fruit…
The industry is not selfish, but bears the fruit of an open-handed charity.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary1859 · Public DomainOn vv19, 21, 22, 23, 24Strong things, "becoming" (Septuagint) her station. (Calmet) --- Spindle.…
Strong things, "becoming" (Septuagint) her station. (Calmet) --- Spindle. She purposes and begins well, trusting in God for perfection and a reward. (Worthington)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown1871 · Public DomainOn vv19–24No work, however mean, if honest, is disdained.
No work, however mean, if honest, is disdained.
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Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv19–2419. The spindle… the distaff — It is not…
19. The spindle… the distaff — It is not entirely certain to which parts of the Eastern spinning apparatus these terms were applied. Stuart renders the first word by distaff, and the second by spindle. “In the East the spindle is held in the hand, often perpendicularly, and is twirled in one, while the other draws out the thread.” — Gesenius. The distaff is the staff for holding the bunch of flax or wool from which the thread is drawn when spinning. “I saw a woman sitting at the door of her hut on Zion spinning woollen yarn with a spindle, while another near her was twirling nimbly the ancient distaff.” — Land and Book, vol. ii, p. 572.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv19–2419. spindle … distaff] Rather, distaff … spindle, with…
19. spindle … distaff] Rather, distaff … spindle, with R.V. Of the two Heb. words here used the first occurs nowhere else, but it is derived from a root which means to be straight, and therefore may properly denote the distaff, or straight rod. Of the second word, the root-meaning is to be round. It is used of the circuit or circle round, the environs of, Jerusalem (Neh_3:12; Neh. 14:15).
“Till comparatively recent times the sole spinning implements were the spindle and distaff. The spindle, which is the fundamental apparatus in all spinning, was nothing more nor less than a round stick or rod of wood, about 12 inches in length, tapering towards each extremity, and having at its upper end a notch or slit, into which the yarn might be caught or fixed. In general, a ring or whorl of stone or clay was passed round the upper part of the spindle to give it momentum and steadiness when in rotation. The distaff or rod was a rather longer and stronger bar or stick, around one end of which, in a loose coil or ball, the fibrous material to be spun was wound. The other extremity of the distaff was carried under the left arm, or fixed in the girdle at the left side, so as to have the coil of flax in a convenient position for drawing out to yarn.” Encyclop. Britann. Art. Linen, vol. xiv. p. 664. 9th edition.
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An illustration of the use of these implements is found in Catullus, Epithal. de nupt. Pel. et Thet. 312 sqq.:
“Læva colum molli lana retinebat amictum:
Dextera turn leviter deducens fila supinis
Formabat digitis; turn prono in pollice torquens
Libratum tereti versabat turbine fusum.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv20, 21, 23(20) She streteheth out her hand to the poor.—Either…
(20) She streteheth out her hand to the poor.—Either in sympathy or with alms; “yea, she reacheth forth (both) her hands to the needy;” she is keenly alive to their sorrows, and pities them and aids them with all her power.
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The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv19–24YODH. She layeth her hands to the spindle. rwOvyKi.…
YODH. She layeth her hands to the spindle. rwOvyKi. (kishor, a word not occurring elsewhere) is probably not the spindle, but the distaff, i.e. the staff to which is tied the bunch of flax from which the spinning wheel draws the thread. To this she applies her hand; she deftly performs the work of spinning her flax into thread. Her hands hold the distsaff. (pelek) is the spindle, the cylindrical wood (afterwards the wheel) on which the thread winds itself as it is spun. The hands could not be spared to hold the distaff as well as the spindle, so the first clause should run, "She stretches her hand towards the distaff." In the former clause kishor occasioned some difficulty to the early translators, who did not view the word as connected with the process of spinning. The Septuagint translates, "She stretches out her arms to useful works (epi ta sumferonta );" Vulgate, Manum suam misit ad fortia. So Aquila and Symmachus, andreia . This rather impedes the parallelism of the two clauses. There was nothing derogatory in women of high rank spinning among their maidens, just as in the Middle Ages noble ladies worked at tapestry with their attendants. We remember how Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus, was found sitting in the midst of her handmaids, carding wool and spinning (Livy, 1:57). Catullus, in his "Epithal. Pel. et Thet.," 312, describes the process of spinning"Laeva colum molli lana retinebat amictum; Dextera tum leviter deducens fila supinis Formabat digitis; tum prono in pollice torquens Libratum tereti versabat turbine fusum. ("Carm.," 64.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On vv20, 22, 24reaches out with her hand to poor
reaches out with her hand to poor
The hand is a metonym for the help the woman uses her hand to give. AT: "helps poor" (See: Metonymy)
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reaches out with her hands to
These words translate the same words translated "puts her hands on" in Proverbs 31:19.
are clothed in scarlet
Here "scarlet" does not refer to the color of the cloth, but that the clothing is expensive and warm. AT: "have expensive, warm clothing" (See: Metonymy)
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv21, 23, 24 Or, with double.
Or, with double.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv19–24 Pro 31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle,…
Pro 31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Ver. 19. She layeth her hands to the spindle.] {a} Notwithstanding her late purchase, and planting a vineyard {Pro 31:16} and other out businesses. {See Trapp on "Pro 31:13"} The two cardinals, Wolsey and Campeius, coming from King Henry VIII on a message to Queen Catherine of Spain, a little before the divorce, found her with a skein of red silk about her neck, being at work with her maiden. {b} And Queen Anne Boleyn kept her maids, and all that were about her, so busied in sewing and working, that neither was there seen any idleness among them, nor any leisure to follow such pastimes as are usually in princes’ courts. {c}
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{a} Lucretia inter ancillas ad Lucernam fila ducebat.
{b} Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey, p. 69.
{c} Acts and Mon., fol. 957.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv19–24 By her own example she provoketh her servants to…
By her own example she provoketh her servants to labour. And although in these later and more delicate and luxurious times, such mean employments are grown out of fashion among great persons, yet they were not so in former ages, neither in other countries, nor in this land; whence all women unmarried are to this day called in the language of our law spinsters.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv19–24 She layeth her hands to the spindle,.... As Penelope…
She layeth her hands to the spindle,.... As Penelope and her maidens did (t). Or spinning wheel, more properly, the wheel itself, which is laid hold on by the right hand, and turned round;
and her hands hold the distaff; the rock, stick, or staff, about which the wool is wrapped, which is spun, and is held in the left hand; for though hands are mentioned in both clauses, yet it is only with one hand the wheel is turned, and the distaff held with the other. Not only wool and flax were sought by her, Pro 31:13; but she spins them, and works them up into garments her web is not like the spider's, spun out of its own bowels, on which it hangs; to which the hope and trust of a hypocrite are compared, and whose webs do not become garments to cover them, Job 8:14; but the church's web is both for ornament, to the adorning of her profession, and for defence and protection from the calumnies of the world; for by these are meant good works, as Ambrose interprets them.
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(t) Homer, Odyss. 1. v. 357. & 21. v. 351.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv19, 21, 22, 23, 24 She layeth - By her own example she provokes…
She layeth - By her own example she provokes her servants to labour. And although in these latter and more delicate times, such mean employments are grown out of fashion among great persons, yet they were not so in former ages, neither in other countries, nor in this land; whence all women unmarried unto this day are called in the language of our law, Spinsters.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv19–24 Verse 19. She layeth her hands to the spindle]
Verse 19. She layeth her hands to the spindle]
10. She gives an example of skill and industry to her household. She takes the distaff, that on which the wool or flax was rolled; and the spindle, that by twisting of which she twisted the thread with the right hand, while she held the distaff in the guard of the left arm, and drew down the thread with the fingers of the left hand. Allowing that spindle and distaff are proper translations of כישור kishor, and פלך pelech, this was their use, and the way in which they were used. The spindle and distaff are the most ancient of all the instruments used for spinning, or making thread. The spinning-wheel superseded them in these countries; but still they were in considerable use till spinning machinery superseded both them and the spinning-wheels in general.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv19–21 Pro 31:19. She layeth her hands to the spindle…
Pro 31:19. She layeth her hands to the spindle — By her own example she provokes her servants to labour. And although in these latter and more delicate times such mean employments are grown out of fashion among great persons, yet they were not so in former ages, neither in other countries, nor in this land; whence all women unmarried, unto this day, are called, in the language of our law, spinsters.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv20–24 The industry is not selfish, but bears the fruit…
The industry is not selfish, but bears the fruit of an open-handed charity.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv19, 21, 22, 23, 24 Strong things, "becoming" (Septuagint) her station. (Calmet) --- Spindle.…
Strong things, "becoming" (Septuagint) her station. (Calmet) --- Spindle. She purposes and begins well, trusting in God for perfection and a reward. (Worthington)
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 vv19–24 No work, however mean, if honest, is disdained.
No work, however mean, if honest, is disdained.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv19–24 19. The spindle… the distaff — It is not…
19. The spindle… the distaff — It is not entirely certain to which parts of the Eastern spinning apparatus these terms were applied. Stuart renders the first word by distaff, and the second by spindle. “In the East the spindle is held in the hand, often perpendicularly, and is twirled in one, while the other draws out the thread.” — Gesenius. The distaff is the staff for holding the bunch of flax or wool from which the thread is drawn when spinning. “I saw a woman sitting at the door of her hut on Zion spinning woollen yarn with a spindle, while another near her was twirling nimbly the ancient distaff.” — Land and Book, vol. ii, p. 572.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv19–24 19. spindle … distaff] Rather, distaff … spindle, with…
19. spindle … distaff] Rather, distaff … spindle, with R.V. Of the two Heb. words here used the first occurs nowhere else, but it is derived from a root which means to be straight, and therefore may properly denote the distaff, or straight rod. Of the second word, the root-meaning is to be round. It is used of the circuit or circle round, the environs of, Jerusalem (Neh_3:12; Neh. 14:15).
“Till comparatively recent times the sole spinning implements were the spindle and distaff. The spindle, which is the fundamental apparatus in all spinning, was nothing more nor less than a round stick or rod of wood, about 12 inches in length, tapering towards each extremity, and having at its upper end a notch or slit, into which the yarn might be caught or fixed. In general, a ring or whorl of stone or clay was passed round the upper part of the spindle to give it momentum and steadiness when in rotation. The distaff or rod was a rather longer and stronger bar or stick, around one end of which, in a loose coil or ball, the fibrous material to be spun was wound. The other extremity of the distaff was carried under the left arm, or fixed in the girdle at the left side, so as to have the coil of flax in a convenient position for drawing out to yarn.” Encyclop. Britann. Art. Linen, vol. xiv. p. 664. 9th edition.
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An illustration of the use of these implements is found in Catullus, Epithal. de nupt. Pel. et Thet. 312 sqq.:
“Læva colum molli lana retinebat amictum:
Dextera turn leviter deducens fila supinis
Formabat digitis; turn prono in pollice torquens
Libratum tereti versabat turbine fusum.”
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 vv20, 21, 23 (20) She streteheth out her hand to the poor.—Either…
(20) She streteheth out her hand to the poor.—Either in sympathy or with alms; “yea, she reacheth forth (both) her hands to the needy;” she is keenly alive to their sorrows, and pities them and aids them with all her power.
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 vv19–24 YODH. She layeth her hands to the spindle. rwOvyKi.…
YODH. She layeth her hands to the spindle. rwOvyKi. (kishor, a word not occurring elsewhere) is probably not the spindle, but the distaff, i.e. the staff to which is tied the bunch of flax from which the spinning wheel draws the thread. To this she applies her hand; she deftly performs the work of spinning her flax into thread. Her hands hold the distsaff. (pelek) is the spindle, the cylindrical wood (afterwards the wheel) on which the thread winds itself as it is spun. The hands could not be spared to hold the distaff as well as the spindle, so the first clause should run, "She stretches her hand towards the distaff." In the former clause kishor occasioned some difficulty to the early translators, who did not view the word as connected with the process of spinning. The Septuagint translates, "She stretches out her arms to useful works (epi ta sumferonta );" Vulgate, Manum suam misit ad fortia. So Aquila and Symmachus, andreia . This rather impedes the parallelism of the two clauses. There was nothing derogatory in women of high rank spinning among their maidens, just as in the Middle Ages noble ladies worked at tapestry with their attendants. We remember how Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus, was found sitting in the midst of her handmaids, carding wool and spinning (Livy, 1:57). Catullus, in his "Epithal. Pel. et Thet.," 312, describes the process of spinning"Laeva colum molli lana retinebat amictum; Dextera tum leviter deducens fila supinis Formabat digitis; tum prono in pollice torquens Libratum tereti versabat turbine fusum. ("Carm.," 64.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv20, 22, 24 reaches out with her hand to poor
reaches out with her hand to poor
The hand is a metonym for the help the woman uses her hand to give. AT: "helps poor" (See: Metonymy)
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reaches out with her hands to
These words translate the same words translated "puts her hands on" in Proverbs 31:19.
are clothed in scarlet
Here "scarlet" does not refer to the color of the cloth, but that the clothing is expensive and warm. AT: "have expensive, warm clothing" (See: Metonymy)
scarlet
The color red, but with a hint of orange.
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snow
household
clothe
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv19, 22 31:19-21 A virtuous wife is generous to the poor,…
31:19-21 A virtuous wife is generous to the poor, another characteristic of wise people (11:24-26; 21:13; 22:9, 16, 22-23; 28:27).
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