Proverbs 31:13

In 11 translations

BSB

She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

KJV

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

WEB

She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.

ASV

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

LSV

She has sought wool and flax, || And with delight she works [with] her hands.

YLT

She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh [with] her hands.

DBY

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

DRC

She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.

GNV

She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and laboureth cheerefully with her handes.

JPS

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

LXXE

Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands.

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Original-language editions

WLC

דָּ֭רְשָׁה צֶ֣מֶר וּפִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַ֝תַּ֗עַשׂ בְּחֵ֣פֶץ כַּפֶּֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

Μηρυομένη ἔρια καὶ λινὸν, ἐποίησεν εὔχρηστον ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Timothy 5:10and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
• Titus 2:5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being…
• Acts 9:39–40So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with…
• Genesis 18:6–8So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.” Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a…
• Genesis 24:18–20“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to…
• Isaiah 3:16–24The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— the Lord will bring sores on the…
• Genesis 29:9–10While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and…
• Isaiah 32:9–11Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will…
• Ruth 2:23So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
• Genesis 24:13–14Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds,…
• Ruth 2:2–3And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied. So Ruth departed and went out…
• 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
• Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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