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THE MESSAGE
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
Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is totally from God . We have no say in the matter, either yes or no. Rebekah is yours: Take her and go; let her be the wife of your master's son, as God has made plain."
So Isaac sent Jacob off. He went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
"Once, while the flocks were mating, I had a dream and saw the billy goats, all of them streaked, speckled, and mottled, mounting their mates. In the dream an angel of God called out to me, ‘Jacob!' "I said, ‘Yes?'
Rachel and Leah said, "Has he treated us any better? Aren't we treated worse than outsiders? All he wanted was the money he got from selling us, and he's spent all that. Any wealth that God has seen fit to return to us from our father is justly ours and our children's. Go ahead. Do what God told you."
Jacob did it. He put his children and his wives on camels and gathered all his livestock and everything he had gotten, everything acquired in Paddan Aram, to go back home to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
As time went on, it happened that the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt crossed their master, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the head cupbearer and the head baker, and put them in custody under the captain of the guard; it was the same jail where Joseph was held. The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to see to their needs. After they had been in custody for a while, the king's cupbearer and baker, while being held in the jail, both had a dream on the same night, each dream having its own meaning. When Joseph arrived in the morning, he noticed that they were feeling low. So he asked them, the two officials of Pharaoh who had been thrown into jail with him, "What's wrong? Why the long faces?" They said, "We dreamed dreams and there's no one to interpret them." Joseph said, "Don't interpretations come from God? Tell me the dreams." First the head cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: "In my dream there was a vine in front of me with three branches on it: It budded, blossomed, and the clusters ripened into grapes. I was holding Pharaoh's cup; I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup to Pharaoh." Joseph said, "Here's the meaning. The three branches are three days. Within three days, Pharaoh will get you out of here and put you back to your old work—you'll be giving Pharaoh his cup just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer. Only remember me when things are going well with you again—tell Pharaoh about me and get me out of this place. I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. And since I've been here, I've done nothing to deserve being put in this hole." When the head baker saw how well Joseph's interpretation turned out, he spoke up: "My dream went like this: I saw three wicker baskets on my head; the top basket had assorted pastries from the bakery and birds were picking at them from the basket on my head." Joseph said, "This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days; within three days Pharaoh will take off your head, impale you on a post, and the birds will pick your bones clean." And sure enough, on the third day it was Pharaoh's birthday and he threw a feast for all his servants. He set the head cupbearer and the head baker in places of honor in the presence of all the guests. Then he restored the head cupbearer to his cupbearing post; he handed Pharaoh his cup just as before. And then he impaled the head baker on a post, following Joseph's interpretations exactly. But the head cupbearer never gave Joseph another thought; he forgot all about him.
Two years passed and Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile River. Seven cows came up out of the Nile, all shimmering with health, and grazed on the marsh grass. Then seven other cows, all skin and bones, came up out of the river after them and stood by them on the bank of the Nile. The skinny cows ate the seven healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
God came to Balaam that night and said, "Since these men have come all this way to see you, go ahead and go with them. But make sure you do absolutely nothing other than what I tell you."
God 's angel blocked the way yet again—a very narrow passage this time; there was no getting through on the right or left. Seeing the angel, Balaam's donkey sat down under him. Balaam lost his temper; he beat the donkey with his stick.
Are you going to repeat the life of your ancestor Jacob? He ran off guilty to Aram, Then sold his soul to get ahead, and made it big through treachery and deceit. Your real identity is formed through God-sent prophets, who led you out of Egypt and served as faithful pastors. As it is, Ephraim has continually and inexcusably insulted God. Now he has to pay for his life-destroying ways. His Master will do to him what he has done.
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.
