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Provérbios 31

1 The words of kingThat is, of Solomon who was called Lemuel, that is, of God, because God had ordained him to be king over Israel.Lemuel, theThe doctrine which his mother Bathsheba taught him.prophecy that his mother taught him.

2 What, my son? and what, the son ofBy this often repetition of one thing, she declares her motherly affection.my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

3 Give not thy strength to women,Meaning, that women are the destruction of kings, if they hunt them.nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

4 [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princesThat is, the king must not give himself to wantonness, and neglect of his office, which is to execute judgment.strong drink:

5 Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.

6 Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.

7 Let him drink, and forgetFor wine comforts the heart as in (Psa_104:15).his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

8 Open thy mouth for theDefend their cause that are not able to help themselves.dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

9 Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.

10 Who shall finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue the pearles.

11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need ofHe will not need to use any unlawful means to gain his living.spoil.

12 She will doe him good, and not euill all the dayes of her life.

13 She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and laboureth cheerefully with her handes.

14 She is like the shippes of marchants: shee bringeth her foode from afarre.

15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and aShe prepares their food early.portion to her maidens.

16 She considereth a field, andShe purchases it with the gains of her travail.buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

17 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.

18 She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.

19 She putteth her handes to the wherue, and her handes handle the spindle.

20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poore, and putteth foorth her hands to the needie.

21 She feareth not the snowe for her familie: for all her familie is clothed with skarlet.

22 She maketh her selfe carpets: fine linen and purple is her garment.

23 Her husband is known in theIn the assemblies and places of judgment.gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

24 She maketh sheetes, and selleth them, and giueth girdels vnto the marchant.

25 After he had spoken of the apparel of the body, he now declares the apparel of the spirit.Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and on her tongue [is] theHer tongue is a book by which one might learn many good things: for she delights to talk of the word of God.law of kindness.

27 She ouerseeth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenes.

28 Her children rise up, andThat is, do her reverence.call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.

29 Many daughters haue done vertuously: but thou surmountest them all.

30 Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vanitie: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she shall be praysed.

31 GiveConfess her diligent labours, and commend her therefore.her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in theForasmuch as the most honourable are clad in the apparel that she made.gates.

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