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The Virtues of a Noble Woman

Proverbs 31:29

In 11 translations

BSB
“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
KJV
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.have…: or, have gotten riches
WEB
“Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”
ASV
Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.
LSV
“The daughters who have done worthily [are] many, || You have gone up above them all.”
YLT
'Many [are] the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'
DBY
Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excellest them all.
DRC
Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.
GNV
Many daughters haue done vertuously: but thou surmountest them all.
JPS
'Many daughters have done valiantly, but thou excellest them all.'
LXXE
Many daughters have obtained wealth, many have wrought valiantly; but thou hast exceeded, thou hast surpassed all.

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Original-language editions

WLC
רַבּ֣וֹת בָּ֭נוֹת עָ֣שׂוּ חָ֑יִל וְ֝אַ֗תְּ עָלִ֥ית עַל־כֻּלָּֽנָה׃
LXX-Br
Πολλαὶ θυγατέρες ἐκτήσαντο πλοῦτον, πολλαὶ ἐποίησαν δύναμιν· σὺ δὲ ὑπέρκεισαι, ὑπερῇρας πάσας.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Song of Songs 6:8–9There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number, but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and…
  • Ephesians 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

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