Proverbs 31
1 These are the words of King Lemuel, an oracle, taught to him by his mother.
[the] words of Lemuel [the] king an oracle which she instructed him mother his.
2 What shall I tell you, my son?—the son I gave birth to, the son given in response to my vows.
What? O son my and what? O son of womb my and what? O son of vows my.
3 Don't waste your strength sleeping with women, those that bring down kings.
May not you give to women strength your and ways your to wiping out kings.
4 Lemuel, kings shouldn't be drinking wine, rulers shouldn't be drinking alcohol.
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 For if they drink, they'll forget what the law says, and pervert the rights of those who are suffering.
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 alcohol to those who are dying, and wine to those who are in terrible distress.
Give strong drink to [one who] is perishing and wine to [people] bitter of soul.
7 Let them drink so they can forget their poverty, and not remember their troubles any longer.
He will drink and he may forget poverty his and trouble his not he will remember again.
8 Speak up for those who have no voice, for the rights of those marginalized by society.
Open mouth your for [the] dumb to [the] cause of all [the] sons of passing away.
9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the poor and destitute.
Open mouth your judge righteousness and plead [the] cause of [the] poor and [the] needy.
10 Who can find a strong, capable wife? She's worth more than jewels!
A wife of ability who? will he find and [is] far more than jewels price her.
11 Her husband has complete confidence in her, and with her he'll never be poor.
It trusts in her [the] heart of husband her and gain not he lacks.
12 She brings him good, not evil, all her life.
She feeds him good and not evil all [the] days of life her.
13 She gets wool and flax, and with her eager hands turns them into clothes.
She seeks wool and flax and she worked in [the] delight of hands her.
14 Like a merchant's ship, she brings food from far away.
She is like [the] ships of a trader from a distance she brings food her.
15 She gets up while it's still dark to make breakfast for her family, and to plan what her servant girls need to do.
And she rose - when still night and she gave food to household her and an allotted portion to female servants her.
16 She looks at a field, and decides to buy it; from the money she's earned she buys a vineyard.
She considers a field and she took it from [the] fruit of hands her (she plants *Q(K)*) a vineyard.
17 She's keen to get ready, and works hard with her strong arms.
She girds with strength loins her and she strengthened arms her.
18 She knows that the things she makes are valuable. She keeps busy—her lamp burns late into the night.
She perceives that [is] good profit her not it is extinguished (in the night *Q(K)*) lamp her.
19 She spins the thread and weaves the cloth.
Hands her she stretches out on the distaff and palms her they grasp [the] spindle.
20 She's generous to the poor, and gives help to the needy.
Palm her she spreads out to poor [person] and hands her she stretches out to the needy [person].
21 She doesn't worry if it snows, because her whole family has warm clothing.
Not she is afraid for household her from snow for all household her [is] clothed scarlet.
22 She makes herself bedspreads; she dresses in fine linen and purple clothes.
Coverings she makes for herself [is] fine linen and purple clothing her.
23 Her husband is well-respected in the council at the town gates, where he sits with the town elders.
[is] known In the gates husband her when sits he with [the] elders of [the] land.
24 She makes linen clothes for sale, and supplies merchants with belts.
Linen garment[s] she makes and she sold and a belt she supplies to the merchants.
25 She's clothed with strength and dignity, and she is happy about the future.
[is] strength And honor clothing her and she laughed to a day future.
26 She speaks wise words, and she's kind when she gives instructions.
Mouth her she opens with wisdom and instruction of loyalty [is] on tongue her.
27 She looks after the needs of her whole household, and she's never idle.
[she is] watching over [the] ways of Household her and [the] bread of laziness not she eats.
28 Her children are quick to bless her. Her husband praises her too, saying,
They rise up sons her and they called blessed her husband her and he praised her.
29 “Many women do great things, but you are better than all of them!”
Many daughters they have done ability and you you have gone up above all of them.
30 Charm can deceive, and beauty fades, but a woman who honors the Lord should be praised.
[is] deception Grace and [is] vanity beauty a woman fearing Yahweh she she will be praised.
31 Give her the recognition she deserves; praise her publicly for what she's done.
Give to her some of [the] fruit of hands her and let them praise her in the gates work her.
