Proverbs 31:1-17

31:1

oracle <04853> [the prophecy.]

mother <0517> [his.]

31:2

son ... son .... womb ... son <0990 01248> [the son of my womb.]

son ... son ...... son .... vows <05088 01248> [the son of my vows.]

31:3

strength <02428> [strength.]

ruins <04229> [to that.]

31:4

31:5

remove <08138> [pervert. Heb. alter. any of the afflicted. Heb. all the sons of affliction.]

31:6

strong drink <07941> [strong.]

those who ... bitterly distressed <05315 04751> [of heavy hearts. Heb. bitter of soul.]

31:7

31:8

Open <06605> [Open.]

<01121> [such, etc. Heb. the sons of destruction.]

31:9

31:10

find <04672> [Who.]

This is the commencement of an alphabetical poem, each verse beginning consecutively with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet; in which we are presented with an admirable picture of a good wife, according to the primitive manners of the East.

find <04672> [can.]

value <04377> [her.]

31:11

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31:13

work <06213> [worketh.]

31:14

31:15

gets up <06965> [riseth.]

provides <05414> [and giveth.]

31:16

considers <02161> [considereth.]

buys <03947> [buyeth. Heb. taketh.]

31:17

begins <02296> [girdeth.]

strengthens <0553> [strengtheneth.]