Proverbs 31:19
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with 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
And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
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