Proverbs 31:14

In 11 translations

BSB

She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

KJV

She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

WEB

She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

ASV

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

LSV

She has been as ships of the merchant, || She brings in her bread from afar.

YLT

She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.

DBY

She is like the merchants' ships: she bringeth her food from afar;

DRC

She is like the merchant’s ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.

GNV

She is like the shippes of marchants: shee bringeth her foode from afarre.

JPS

She is like the merchant-ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

LXXE

She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood.

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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

הָ֭יְתָה כָּאֳנִיּ֣וֹת סוֹחֵ֑ר מִ֝מֶּרְחָ֗ק תָּבִ֥יא לַחְמָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ ναῦς ἐμπορευομένη μακρόθεν, συνάγει δὲ αὕτη τὸν βίον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Kings 9:26–28King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.…
• Ezekiel 27:3–36Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ Your borders are in the heart of the seas;…
• Proverbs 31:24She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
• 2 Chronicles 9:10(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

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