Proverbs 31:19

¹⁷ She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.

¹⁸ She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

²⁰ She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

²¹ When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.

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Sammenlign

ÅB: Hun legger sine hender på rokken, og hennes fingrer tar fatt på tenen.
OTB: Hun legger sine hender til rokken, og hennes hender holder spindelen.
B1930: Hun legger sine hender på rokken, og hennes fingrer tar fatt på tenen.

BSB: She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
KJV: She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
WEB: She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
ASV: She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.
DARBY: She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
BLB: She stretched out her hands to the distaff, and her palms grasp the spindle.

Exodus 35:25–26
Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
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