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Proverbs 31:2
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What should I say, my son?What, son of my womb?What, son of my vows?
"Oh, my son!" Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows?
What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
"My son, I gave birth to you. You are the son I prayed for.
What, O my son? And what, O son of my womb? And what [shall I advise you], O son of my vows?
"Oh, my son!" Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!
What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!
What, O my son?And what, O son of my womb?And what, O son of my vows?
What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
My son Lemuel, you were born in answer to my prayers, so listen carefully.
No, my son! No, son of my womb! No, son of my vows!
What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?
I prayed for a son, and you are the son I gave birth to.
Oh my son! Oh the son of my womb! Oh the son of my vows!
"You are my own dear son, the answer to my prayers. What shall I tell you?
What, my son? And what, my son in my womb? And what, son of my vows?
What, my son? And what, the son of my womb? And what, the son of my vows?
My sonne, thou sonne of my body: O my deare beloued sonne,
What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?
What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?
What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?
What, my sonne! and what, the sonne of my wombe! and what, the sonne of my vowes!
What my sonne? what the sonne of my body? and what O my deare beloued sonne?
When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men mourn.
What, my son? and what, O son of my womb, and what, O son of my vows?
What my derlyng? what the derlyng of my wombe? what the derlyng of my desiris?
What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,
What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,
What, my son? What, son who came from within me? What, son of my promises?
No, my son! No, son of my womb! No, son of my vows!
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? aye what, the son of my vows?
What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?
`What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
"Oh, son of mine, what can you be thinking of! Child whom I bore! The son I dedicated to God! Don't dissipate your virility on fortune-hunting women, promiscuous women who shipwreck leaders.
What, O my son? And what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the son of my womb: Isaiah 49:15
the son of my vows: 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:28
Cross-References
but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
But Laban said to him, "If you will allow me to say so, I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you;
Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am!'
But Moses said to the LORD, "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either heretofore or since thou hast spoken to thy servant; but I am slow of speech and of tongue."
"This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If any one kills his neighbor unintentionally without having been at enmity with him in time past--
The man who is the most tender and delicately bred among you will grudge food to his brother, to the wife of his bosom, and to the last of the children who remain to him;
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
Then Nebuchadnez'zar was full of fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
What, my son?.... What shall I call thee? though thou art a king, can I address thee in more suitable language, or use a more endearing appellative than this, and what follows? permit me, thy mother, to speak unto thee as my son: and what shall I say to thee? I want words, I want wisdom; O that I knew what to say to thee, that would be proper and profitable; or what is it I am about to say to thee? things of the greatest moment and importance, and therefore listen to me; and so the manner of speaking is designed to excite attention: or what shall I ask of thee? no part of thy kingdom, or any share in the government of it; only this favour, to avoid the sins unbecoming a prince, and to do the duty of a king, later mentioned. The Targum and Syriac version represent her as exclaiming, reproving, and threatening; as, Alas my son! is this the life thou designest to live, to give up thyself to wine and women? fie upon it, my son, is this becoming thy birth, education, and dignity? is this the fruit of all the pains I have taken in bringing thee up? consider the unbecoming part thou art acting;
and what, the son of my womb? whom I bore in sorrow, brought forth in pain, and took so much care and trouble to bring up in a religious way, and form for usefulness in church and state? not an adopted son, but my own flesh and blood; and therefore what I say must be thought to proceed from pure affection to thee, and solely for thy good; see
Isaiah 49:15;
and what, the son of my vows? whom I asked of God, and promised to give up to him again, and did; for which reason she might call him Lemuel, as Hannah called her son Samuel, for a like reason, 1 Samuel 1:28; a son for whom she had put up many prayers, for his temporal and spiritual good; and on whose account she had made many vows, promises, and resolutions, that she would do so and so, should she be so happy as to bring him into the world, and bring him up to man's estate, and see him settled on the throne of Israel.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The repetitions are emphatic; expressive of anxious love.
Son of my vows - Like Samuel, and Samson, the child often asked for in prayer, the prayer ratified by a vow of dedication. The name Lemuel (literally “for God,” consecrated to Him) may be the expression of that dedication; and the warning against indulging in wine Proverbs 31:4 shows that it had something of the Nazarite or Rechabite idea in it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 31:2. What, my son? — The Chaldee בר bar is used twice in this verse, instead of the Hebrew בן ben, son. This verse is very elliptical; and commentators, according to their different tastes, have inserted words, indeed some of them a whole sentence, to make up the sense. Perhaps Coverdale has hit the sense as nearly as any other: "These are the wordes of Kynge Lemuel; and the lesson that his mother taughte him. My sonne, thou son of my body, O my deare beloved sonne!"
The son of my vows? — A child born after vows made for offsprings is called the child of a person's vows.
