Proverbs 31:13
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
15 She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
- KJV
- She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
- WEB
- She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.
- ASV
- She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.
- DARBY
- She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
- BLB
- She has sought wool and flax, and she works [it] with the delight of her palms.
- ÅB
- Hun sørger for ull og lin, og hennes hender arbeider med lyst.
- OTB
- Hun søker ull og lin, og arbeider med ivrige hender.
- B1930
- Hun sørger for ull og lin, og hennes hender arbeider med lyst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 5:10
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
Read in contextTitus 2:5
to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:10–12
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
Read in contextActs 9:39–40
So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
Read in contextRuth 2:23
So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Read in contextGenesis 29:9–10
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
Read in contextGenesis 24:13–14
Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
Read in contextGenesis 18:6–8
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
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