Proverbs 31
1 These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
[the] words of Lemuel [the] king an oracle which she instructed him mother his.
2 What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
What? O son my and what? O son of womb my and what? O son of vows my.
3 Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
May not you give to women strength your and ways your to wiping out kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
May not [it be] for kings - O Lemuel may not [it be] for kings to drink wine and for rulers (where? *Q(K)*) strong drink.
5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
Lest he should drink and he may forget [what] is decreed and he may change [the] cause of all [the] sons of affliction.
6 Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
Give strong drink to [one who] is perishing and wine to [people] bitter of soul.
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
He will drink and he may forget poverty his and trouble his not he will remember again.
8 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Open mouth your for [the] dumb to [the] cause of all [the] sons of passing away.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Open mouth your judge righteousness and plead [the] cause of [the] poor and [the] needy.
10 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
A wife of ability who? will he find and [is] far more than jewels price her.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.
It trusts in her [the] heart of husband her and gain not he lacks.
12 She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
She feeds him good and not evil all [the] days of life her.
13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
She seeks wool and flax and she worked in [the] delight of hands her.
14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
She is like [the] ships of a trader from a distance she brings food her.
15 She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
And she rose - when still night and she gave food to household her and an allotted portion to female servants her.
16 She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
She considers a field and she took it from [the] fruit of hands her (she plants *Q(K)*) a vineyard.
17 She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.
She girds with strength loins her and she strengthened arms her.
18 She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
She perceives that [is] good profit her not it is extinguished (in the night *Q(K)*) lamp her.
19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
Hands her she stretches out on the distaff and palms her they grasp [the] spindle.
20 She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
Palm her she spreads out to poor [person] and hands her she stretches out to the needy [person].
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
Not she is afraid for household her from snow for all household her [is] clothed scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Coverings she makes for herself [is] fine linen and purple clothing her.
23 Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
[is] known In the gates husband her when sits he with [the] elders of [the] land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
Linen garment[s] she makes and she sold and a belt she supplies to the merchants.
25 Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.
[is] strength And honor clothing her and she laughed to a day future.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Mouth her she opens with wisdom and instruction of loyalty [is] on tongue her.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
[she is] watching over [the] ways of Household her and [the] bread of laziness not she eats.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
They rise up sons her and they called blessed her husband her and he praised her.
29 “Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
Many daughters they have done ability and you you have gone up above all of them.
30 Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
[is] deception Grace and [is] vanity beauty a woman fearing Yahweh she she will be praised.
31 Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
Give to her some of [the] fruit of hands her and let them praise her in the gates work her.
