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The Virtues of a Noble Woman

Proverbs 31:24

In 11 translations

BSB
She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
KJV
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
WEB
She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.
ASV
She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
LSV
She has made linen garments, and sells, || And she has given a girdle to the merchant.
YLT
Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant.
DBY
She maketh body linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
DRC
She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.
GNV
She maketh sheetes, and selleth them, and giueth girdels vnto the marchant.
JPS
She maketh linen garments and selleth them; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
LXXE
She makes fine linens, and sells girdles to the Chananites: she opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, and controls her tongue.

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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
סָדִ֣ין עָ֭שְׂתָה וַתִּמְכֹּ֑ר וַ֝חֲג֗וֹר נָתְנָ֥ה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Σινδόνας ἐποίησε καὶ ἀπέδοτο περιζώματα τοῖς Χαναναίοις. στόμα αὐτῆς διήνοιξε προσεχόντως καὶ ἐννόμως, καὶ τάξιν ἐστείλατο τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 27:16Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
  • Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
  • Proverbs 31:19She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
  • Proverbs 31:13She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
  • 1 Kings 10:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
  • Judges 14:12“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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