the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Proverbs 31:24
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She makes and sells linen garments;she delivers belts to the merchants.
She makes linen garments and sells them, And delivers sashes to the merchant.
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant.
She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
She makes linen clothes and sells them and provides belts to the merchants.
She makes [fine] linen garments and sells them; And supplies sashes to the merchants.
She makes linen garments and sells them, And delivers sashes to the merchant.
She maketh sheetes, and selleth them, and giueth girdels vnto the marchant.
She makes linen garments and sells them,And gives belts to the tradesmen.
She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
She makes clothes to sell to the shop owners.
ס She makes linen garments and sells them; she supplies the merchants with sashes.
She maketh body linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
She makes clothes and belts and sells them to the merchants.
She makes fine linen, and sells it; and delivers girdles to the merchants.
She makes clothes and belts, and sells them to merchants.
Linen garments she makes and sells, and she supplies sashes for the merchants.
She makes fine linen garments, and sells, and she delivers girdles to the merchant.
She maketh cloth of sylke & selleth it, and delyuereth a gyrdle vnto ye marchaut.
She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price.
She maketh linen garments and selleth them; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
She maketh fine linnen, and selleth it, and deliuereth girdles vnto the merchant.
She maketh cloth of silke, and selleth it: and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt.
She makes fine linens, and sells girdles to the Chananites: she opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, and controls her tongue.
She maketh linen garments and selleth them; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Sche made lynnun cloth, and selde; and yaf a girdil to a Chananei.
She makes linen garments and sells them, And delivers girdles to the merchant.
She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles to the merchant.
She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.
She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies sashes for the merchants.
She makes belted linen garments and sashes to sell to the merchants.
She makes linen clothes and sells them. She brings belts to those who trade.
She makes linen garments and sells them; she supplies the merchant with sashes.
Fine linen wraps, she maketh and selleth, and, girdles, doth she deliver to the trader:
She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.
She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers girdles to the merchant.
Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant.
She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 31:13, Proverbs 31:19, 1 Kings 10:28, Ezekiel 27:16, Luke 16:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:42 - a gold chain Proverbs 31:14 - General Proverbs 31:22 - silk
Cross-References
And Laban answers—Bethuel also—and they say, "The thing has gone out from YHWH; we are not able to speak to you bad or good;
And Isaac sends Jacob away, and he goes to Padan-Aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
And it comes to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up my eyes and see in a dream, and behold, the male goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] striped, speckled, and spotted;
And Rachel answers—Leah also—and says to him, "Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?
Have we not been reckoned strangers to him? For he has sold us, and he also utterly consumes our money;
And Jacob rises, and lifts up his sons and his wives on the camels,
my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father last night has spoken to me, saying, Take heed to yourself from speaking with Jacob from good to evil.
unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now you had sent me away empty; God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and reproves last night."
And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker whom the king of Egypt has, who [are] prisoners in the round-house.
And it comes to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and behold, he is standing by the River,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it],.... She not only seeks wool and flax, and spins it, but makes it up into fine linen, which she disposes of to advantage to herself and family. Kimchi says y, the word signifies coverings for the night, as well as day he seems to design linen sheets: the Arabic version adds, and "sells it to the inhabitants of Bosra." This, in the mystic sense, may signify either the good works the church does, and which she proposes as a pattern and example to her members; or divine instruction, as others, the preaching of the Gospel, and the truths of it; which she sells, and others buy, though both without money and without price; for, as she freely receives, she freely gives: or the righteousness of Christ, which is called fine linen and white raiment; which, properly speaking, is made by Christ, and sold by him, or bought of him, as before, without money; see Revelation 19:8; yet this the church makes her own, by laying hold upon it by faith, and which she holds forth freely to others in the Gospel; which is therefore called "the ministration of righteousness", 2 Corinthians 3:9;
and delivereth girdles unto the merchant; to dispose of them for her; either to sell to others, to the Egyptian priests which wore them; or for their own use, to put their money in, girdles being used for that purpose, 2 Corinthians 3:9- :. Or, "a girdle to the Canaanite" z; the Canaanites or Phoenicians being generally merchants, the word is put for one. By these may be meant ministers of the word; for, as the priests of Rome are called the merchants of the earth and false teachers are said to make merchandise men, Revelation 18:3; so faithful ministers, who trade for the good of souls, and seek not theirs, but them, and not their own things, but Christ's, may be called merchants: and to these "the girdle of truth" is given; and these the church exhorts to gird their loins with it, as well as all her members, that they may be ready to every good work, and particularly prepared to preach the Gospel of peace, Ephesians 6:14.
y Sepher. Shorash. rad סדז z לכנעני "Chananaeo", V. L. Mercerus, Cocceius, Gejerus; "negotiatori Phoenicio", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Fine linen - Not the same word as in Proverbs 31:22 note; it describes a made-up garment Isaiah 3:23.
Merchant - literally, “Canaanite,” i. e., the Phoenician merchant.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 31:24. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it]
15. She is here remarkable for carrying on a traffic of splendid and ornamental dresses, or habits, as she is, Proverbs 31:13, for "a coarser manufacture," The סדון sidon is supposed to come from [Arabic] in Arabic; and to signify a kind of loose inner garment, shirt, chemise, or fine muslin covering. Some of these are so exceedingly fine, like the abrooam, that when spread on the grass, they are scarcely discernible. Some such garments as these are still worn by ladies in India and in China, and are so thin and transparent, that every part of the body may be seen through them. I have many representations of persons clothed in this way before me both of the Chinese, the Hindoo, and the Malabar ladies. Probably this eminent Jewish matron had such articles manufactured in her own house. She dealt also in girdles. These are still a very general and very expensive article of dress. I have seen them made of silk, and highly ornamented with gold and silver thread, worked into flowers and various curious devices. The loose Eastern robe is confined by these; and the word may also take in the shawl of the turban, which is often superb and costly. It is properly the girdle for the head. As these were generally woven, the consumption was great; and an able artist must have had a good trade.
The Arabic gives a remarkable translation of this verse: "She maketh towels, (or tablecloths,) and sells them to the inhabitants of Basra, (a city in Mesopotamia,) and fine linens, and sells them to the Canaanites." My old MS. Bible has, Sandel sche made and sold, and a litil girdil sche toke to Chanane. Perhaps לכנעני lakkenaani, for the merchant, may stand here for לכנענים lakkenaanim, the Canaanites.
