The Virtues of a Noble Woman
Proverbs 31:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
- KJV
- She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.She…: Heb. She tasteth
- WEB
- She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.
- ASV
- She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable; Her lamp goeth not out by night.
- LSV
- She has perceived when her merchandise [is] good, || Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.
- YLT
- She hath perceived when her merchandise [is] good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.
- DBY
- She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.
- DRC
- She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.
- GNV
- She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.
- JPS
- She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.
- LXXE
- And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.
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- Written (Ketiv): בַלַּיִל (“in the night”). Read aloud (Qere): בַלַּ֣יְלָה (“in the night”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads בַלַּ֣יְלָ; read aloud (Qere) reads בַלַּ֣יְלָה (“in the night”).
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
- טָ֭עֲמָה כִּי־ט֣וֹב סַחְרָ֑הּ לֹֽא־יִכְבֶּ֖ה בליל נֵרָֽהּ׃Read aloud as (qere): בַלַּ֣יְלָה
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐγεύσατο ὅτι καλόν ἐστι τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι, καὶ οὐκ ἀποσβέννυται ὁ λύχνος αὐτῆς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα.
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 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
- Matthew 25:3–10The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps. When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight…
- Psalms 127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you, nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would…
- Genesis 31:40As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
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