Proverbs 31:17
15 She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
16 She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
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.
19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.
- KJV
- She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
- WEB
- She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.
- ASV
- She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.
- DARBY
- She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
- BLB
- She girds her loins with strength and strengthens her arms.
- ÅB
- Hun omgjorder sine lender med kraft og gjør sine armer sterke.
- OTB
- Hun forbereder seg med styrke og styrker sine armer.
- B1930
- Hun omgjorder sine lender med kraft og gjør sine armer sterke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 38:3
Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Read in context1 Peter 1:13
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Read in contextEphesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Read in contextLuke 12:35
Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
Read in contextEphesians 6:14
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
Read in context1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
Read in context2 Kings 4:29
So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
Read in contextIsaiah 44:12
The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
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