The Virtues of a Noble Woman
Proverbs 31:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
- KJV
- She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.buyeth: Heb. taketh
- WEB
- She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
- ASV
- She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
- LSV
- She has considered a field, and takes it, || She has planted a vineyard from the fruit of her hands.
- YLT
- She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.
- DBY
- She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
- DRC
- She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.
- GNV
- She considereth a field, and getteth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde.
- JPS
- She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
- LXXE
- She views a farm, and buys it: and with the fruit of her hands she plants a possession.
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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.
Where the editions differ
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- Written (Ketiv): נְטַע (“he plants”). Read aloud (Qere): נָ֣טְעָה (“she plants”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads נָ֣טְעָ; read aloud (Qere) reads נָ֣טְעָה (“she plants”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- זָמְמָ֣ה שָׂ֭דֶה וַתִּקָּחֵ֑הוּ מִפְּרִ֥י כַ֝פֶּ֗יהָ נטע כָּֽרֶם׃Read aloud as (qere): נָ֣טְעָה
- LXX-Br
- Θεωρήσασα γεώργιον ἐπρίατο, ἀπὸ δὲ καρπῶν χειρῶν αὐτῆς κατεφύτευσεν κτῆμα.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
- Song of Songs 8:12But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
- Joshua 15:18One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).