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Proverbs 31:13

NETBible	She obtains¹ wool and flax, and she is pleased to work with her hands.²
NIV © biblegateway Pro 31:13	She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 31:13	She looks for wool and flax And works with her hands in delight.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 31:13	She finds wool and flax and busily spins it.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 31:13	She shops around for the best yarns and cottons, and enjoys knitting and sewing.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 31:13	She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 31:13	She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 31:13	She seeks wool and flax, And willingly works with her hands.
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KJV	She seeketh <01875> (8804) wool <06785>_, and flax <06593>_, and worketh <06213> (8799) willingly <02656> with her hands <03709>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 31:13	She looks <01875> for wool <06785> and flax <06593> And works <06213> with her hands <03709> in delight <02656> .
LXXM	mhruomenh {V-PMPNS} eria <2053> N-APN kai <2532> CONJ linon <3043> N-ASN epoihsen <4160> V-AAI-3S eucrhston <2173> A-ASN taiv <3588> T-DPF cersin <5495> N-DPF authv <846> D-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	She obtains <01875> wool <06785> and flax <06593> , and she is pleased <02656> to work <06213> with her hands <03709> .
HEBREW	hypk <03709> Upxb <02656> vetw <06213> Mytspw <06593> rmu <06785> hsrd (31:13) <01875>

NETBible

She obtains¹ wool and flax, and she is pleased to work with her hands.²

NET Notes

¹tn The first word of the fourth line begins with דּ (dalet) the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The verb דָרַשׁ (darash) means “to seek; to inquire; to investigate.” The idea is that she looks for the wool and flax to do her work, but the whole verse assumes she has obtained it. This verb also occurs in the hymn of Ps 111, which says in v. 2 that “the works of the Lord are searched.” One word used in another passage is not that significant; but the cumulative effect of words and ideas suggest that the composition of this poem is influenced by hymnology.

²tn Heb “and she works in the pleasure of her hands.” The noun חֵפֶץ (khefets) means “delight; pleasure.” BDB suggests it means here “that in which one takes pleasure,” i.e., a business, and translates the line “in the business of her hands” (BDB 343 s.v. 4). But that translation reduces the emphasis on pleasure and could have easily been expressed in other ways. Here it is part of the construct relationship. The “hands” are the metonymy of cause, representing all her skills and activities in making things. It is also a genitive of specification, making “pleasure” the modifier of “her hands/her working.” She does her work with pleasure. Tg. Prov 31:13 has, “she works with her hands in accordance with her pleasure.”