Proverbs 31:1-23

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.]

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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

31:12

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.]

31:18

knows <02938> [perceiveth. Heb. tasteth. her candle.]

31:19

She takes the spindle in her right hand, by twisting which she twists the thread; while she holds the distaff, on which the wool or flax is rolled, in the guard of the left arm, and draws down the thread with the fingers of the left hand.

31:20

extends <06566> [She stretcheth. Heb. She spreadeth.]

reaches <07971> [she reacheth.]

31:21

afraid <03372> [afraid.]

scarlet <08144> [scarlet. or, double garments.]

31:22

coverlets <04765> [coverings.]

clothing <03830> [clothing.]

fine linen <08336> [silk.]

{Shesh,} rather fine linen, or cotton. (See on Ex 39:27.) {Sadin,} rendered "fine linen," ver. 24, is probably the same as the Arabic {sidn,} and {sudl,} a veil, or an inner covering of fine muslin.

31:23

husband <01167> [husband.]

gate <08179> [in the.]