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Good News Translation
Proverbs 31:18
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She sees that her profits are good,and her lamp never goes out at night.
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.
She senses that her profit is good; Her lamp does not go out at night.
She knows that what she makes is good. Her lamp burns late into the night.
She sees that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out, but it burns continually through the night [she is prepared for whatever lies ahead].
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.
She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.
She senses that her gain is good;Her lamp does not go out at night.
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
She knows when to buy or sell, and she stays busy until late at night.
ט She sees that her business affairs go well; her lamp stays lit at night.
She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.
She works late into the night to make sure her business earns a profit.
She perceives that her merchandise is good; her lamp does not go out all night.
She perceives that her merchandise is good; her lamp does not go out in the night.
She tastes whether her gain is good, her lamp is not put out by night.
And yf she perceaue that hir houswifrie doth good, hir candle goeth not out by night.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable; Her lamp goeth not out by night.
She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.
She perceiueth that her merchandise is good; her candle goeth not out by night.
And yf she perceaue that her huswiferie doth good, her candell goeth not out by nyght.
And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: her lamp goeth not out by night.
Sche taastide, and siy, that hir marchaundie was good; hir lanterne schal not be quenchid in the niyt.
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable: Her lamp does not go out by night.
She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.
She knows that her merchandise is good, and her lamp does not go out in the night.
She perceives that her merchandise is good, And her lamp does not go out by night.
She makes sure her dealings are profitable; her lamp burns late into the night.
She sees that what she has earned is good. Her lamp does not go out at night.
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.
She tasteth, whether, good, be her merchandise, and her lamp, goeth not out by night:
She hath tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.
She hath perceived when her merchandise [is] good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.
She senses that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out at night.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
perceiveth: Heb. tasteth
her candle: Genesis 31:40, Psalms 127:2, Matthew 25:3-10, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9
Cross-References
Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob."
and if I return safely to my father's home, then you will be my God.
Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, "Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father. He got all his wealth from what our father owned."
He also saw that Laban was no longer as friendly as he had been earlier.
Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have sent you on your way with rejoicing and singing to the music of tambourines and harps.
I have the power to do you harm, but last night the God of your father warned me not to threaten you in any way.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good,.... That it turns to good account; that her trading to heaven is of great advantage; that she grows rich hereby; that her merchandise with Wisdom, or Christ, is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereby than fine gold; and though her voyages are attended with trouble and danger, yet are profitable, and therefore she is not discouraged, but determined to pursue them; she is like the merchant man, seeking goodly pearls, who finds a pearl of great price, worth all his trouble; :- and see Proverbs 3:14;
her candle goeth not out by night; or "lamp" s; her lamp of profession, which is always kept burning, Luke 12:35; or the glorious light of the Gospel, which always continues in the darkest times the church ever has been in; or her spiritual prosperity, which, though it may be damped, will never be extinct; when the candle of the wicked is often put out, Job 21:17; It may denote her diligence in working; who, as she rises early in the morning, Proverbs 31:15, so sits up late at night, and is never weary of well doing, night and day. Ambrose interprets it of the lamp of hope, which burns in the night, and by and for which men work, Romans 8:24.
s נרה "lucerna ejus", V. L. Tigurine version, Michaelis, Schultens.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 31:18. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good —
8. She takes care to manufacture the best articles of the kind, and to lay on a reasonable price that she may secure a ready sale. Her goods are in high repute, and she knows she can sell as much as she can make. And she finds that while she pleases her customers, she increases her own profits.
9. She is watchful and careful. Her candle - her lamp, burns all night, which is of great advantage in case of sudden alarms; and in the times and places where there were so many banditti, this was a very necessary family regulation. Perhaps some works were carried on during the night, those employed sleeping in the daytime. Thus labour never stood still; whilst some slept, others worked. This was no unusual thing in ancient times; and it prevails now; but alas! little children are often thus employed to help to support their indigent parents, and to fill the coffers of their unfeeling taskmasters.
