Proverbs 31:16

Easy-to-Read Version

She looks at land and buys it. She uses the money she has earned and plants a vineyard.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She evaluates a field and buys it;she plants a vineyard with her earnings.

Hebrew Names Version
She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

King James Version
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

English Standard Version
She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

New American Standard Bible
She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard.

New Century Version
She inspects a field and buys it. With money she earned, she plants a vineyard.

Amplified Bible
She considers a field before she buys or accepts it [expanding her business prudently]; With her profits she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard.

World English Bible
She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

Geneva Bible (1587)
She considereth a field, and getteth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde.

Legacy Standard Bible
She makes plans for a field and buys it;From the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

Berean Standard Bible
She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.

Contemporary English Version
She knows how to buy land and how to plant a vineyard,

Complete Jewish Bible
ז She considers a field, then buys it, and from her earnings she plants a vineyard.

Darby Translation
She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

George Lamsa Translation
She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

Good News Translation
She looks at land and buys it, and with money she has earned she plants a vineyard.

Lexham English Bible
She considers a field and buys it, from the fruit of her hand she plants a vineyard.

Literal Translation
She has examined a field and takes it; she plants a vineyard from the fruit of her hands.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
She considreth lode, & byeth it, and wt the frute of hir handes she planteth a vynyarde.

American Standard Version
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

Bible in Basic English
After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

King James Version (1611)
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her handes she planteth a Uineyard.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
She considereth lande, and byeth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
She views a farm, and buys it: and with the fruit of her hands she plants and a possession.

English Revised Version
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sche bihelde a feeld, and bouyte it; of the fruyt of hir hondis sche plauntide a vyner.

Update Bible Version
She considers a field, and buys it; With the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

Webster's Bible Translation
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

New English Translation
She considers a field and buys it; from her own income she plants a vineyard.

New King James Version
She considers a field and buys it; From her profits she plants a vineyard.

New Living Translation
She goes to inspect a field and buys it; with her earnings she plants a vineyard.

New Life Bible
She gives careful thought to a field and buys it. She plants grape-vines from what she has earned.

New Revised Standard
She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
She considereth a field, and procureth it, Out of the fruit of her hands, she planteth a vineyard:

Douay-Rheims Bible
She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

Revised Standard Version
She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

Young's Literal Translation
She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ How hard it is to find the perfect wife. She is worth far more than jewels. ¹¹ Her husband depends on her. He will never be poor. ¹² She does good for her husband all her life. She never causes him trouble. ¹³ She is always gathering wool and flax and enjoys making things with her hands. ¹⁴ She is like a ship from a faraway place. She brings home food from everywhere. ¹⁵ She wakes up early in the morning, cooks food for her family, and gives the servants their share. ¹⁶ She looks at land and buys it. She uses the money she has earned and plants a vineyard. ¹⁷ She works very hard. She is strong and able to do all her work. ¹⁸ She works late into the night to make sure her business earns a profit. ¹⁹ She makes her own thread and weaves her own cloth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

considereth: Joshua 15:18, Song of Solomon 8:12, Matthew 13:44

buyeth: Heb. taketh

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:2 - General Proverbs 31:31 - of the

Cross-References

Genesis 31:9
So God has taken the animals away from your father and has given them to me.

Psalms 45:10
My lady, listen to me. Listen carefully and understand me. Forget your people and your father's family,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

She considereth a field, and buyeth it,.... The field are the Scriptures, in which are hid the rich treasures of Gospel doctrines and promises; and the church, and all truly enlightened persons, consider to what use this field may be put, to what account it will turn; how profitable the Scriptures are, for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness; what a rich mine and valuable treasure is in them; things more desirable, and of greater worth, than thousands of gold and silver; and therefore will buy this field at any rate, and not sell it; will part with all they have before they will part with that; even life itself, which in an improper sense is called buying of it, though it is without money and without price; see Matthew 13:44;

with the fruit of her hand she planteth a vineyard; her own vineyard, whose plants are an orchard of pomegranates, Song of Solomon 1:6; who through the ministry of the word, are planted in the house of the Lord, and flourish there; this the church is said to do by her ministers, who plant and water, as Paul and Apollos did, 1 Corinthians 3:6. And it is observable, that in the Hebrew text there is a double reading; the "Keri", or marginal reading, is feminine; but the "Cetib", or writing, is masculine; to show that she did it by means of men, she made use of in her vineyard for that service; it being, as Aben Ezra observes, not the custom and business of women to plant vineyards, but men. It may be rendered, "he planted", and be applied to her husband, Christ; who, through the ministry of the word in his church, plants souls in it; and happy are they who are the planting of the Lord! trees of righteousness, that he may be glorified, Isaiah 61:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The verse points to a large sphere of feminine activity, strikingly in contrast with the degradation to which woman in the East has now fallen.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 31:16. She considereth a field and buyeth it —

5. She provides for the growing wants of her family. More land will shortly be needed, for the family is growing up; and having seen a field contiguous to her own, which was on sale, she estimates its worth, and purchases it a good bargain; and she pays for it by the fruit of her own industry.

6. She does not restrict herself to the bare necessaries of life; she is able to procure some of its comforts. She plants a vineyard, that she may have wine for a beverage, for medicine, and for sacrifice. This also is procured of her own labour. Whatever goes out brings its worth in; and barter, not buying, is her chief mode of traffic.