24:8 The one who plans to do evil
will be called a scheming person. 1
31:28 Her children rise up 2 and call her blessed,
her husband 3 also praises her:
1 tn Heb “possessor of schemes”; NAB “an intriguer.” The picture of the wicked person is graphic: He devises plans to do evil and is known as a schemer. Elsewhere the “schemes” are outrageous and lewd (e.g., Lev 18:7; Judg 20:6). Here the description portrays him as a cold, calculating, active person: “the fool is capable of intense mental activity but it adds up to sin” (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 399).
2 tn The first word of the nineteenth line begins with ק (qof), the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
3 tn The text uses an independent nominative absolute to draw attention to her husband: “her husband, and he praises her.” Prominent as he is, her husband speaks in glowing terms of his noble wife.