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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Compare
- 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.
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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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