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The Virtues of a Noble Woman

Proverbs 31:11

In 11 translations

BSB
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.
KJV
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
WEB
The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.
ASV
The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.
LSV
The heart of her husband has trusted in her, || And he does not lack spoil.
YLT
The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.
DBY
The heart of her husband confideth in her, and he shall have no lack of spoil.
DRC
The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.
GNV
The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall haue no neede of spoyle.
JPS
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, and he hath no lack of gain.
LXXE
The heart of her husband trusts in her: such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
בָּ֣טַח בָּ֭הּ לֵ֣ב בַּעְלָ֑הּ וְ֝שָׁלָ֗ל לֹ֣א יֶחְסָֽר׃
LXX-Br
Θαρσεῖ ἐπʼ αὐτῇ ἡ καρδία τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς· ἡ τοιαύτη καλῶν σκύλων οὐκ ἀπορήσει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Peter 3:1–7Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives when they see your pure and reverent…
  • 2 Kings 4:22–23And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.” “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New…
  • 2 Kings 4:9–10Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him.…

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