Proverbs 31
1 THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL: The prophecie which his mother taught him.
[the] words of Lemuel [the] king an oracle which she instructed him mother his.
2 What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!
What? O son my and what? O son of womb my and what? O son of vows my.
3 Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, which is to destroy 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 nor for princes strog drinke,
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 he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.
Lest he should drink and he may forget [what] is decreed and he may change [the] cause of all [the] sons of affliction.
6 Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.
Give strong drink to [one who] is perishing and wine to [people] bitter of soul.
7 Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.
He will drink and he may forget poverty his and trouble his not he will remember again.
8 Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.
Open mouth your for [the] dumb to [the] cause of all [the] sons of passing away.
9 Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
Open mouth your judge righteousness and plead [the] cause of [the] poor and [the] needy.
10 Who shall finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue the pearles.
A wife of ability who? will he find and [is] far more than jewels price her.
11 The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall haue no neede of spoyle.
It trusts in her [the] heart of husband her and gain not he lacks.
12 She will doe him good, and not euill all the dayes of her life.
She feeds him good and not evil all [the] days of life her.
13 She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and laboureth cheerefully with her handes.
She seeks wool and flax and she worked in [the] delight of hands her.
14 She is like the shippes of marchants: shee bringeth her foode from afarre.
She is like [the] ships of a trader from a distance she brings food her.
15 And she riseth, whiles it is yet night: and giueth the portion to her houshold, and the ordinarie to her maides.
And she rose - when still night and she gave food to household her and an allotted portion to female servants her.
16 She considereth a field, and getteth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde.
She considers a field and she took it from [the] fruit of hands her (she plants *Q(K)*) a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
She girds with strength loins her and she strengthened arms her.
18 She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.
She perceives that [is] good profit her not it is extinguished (in the night *Q(K)*) lamp her.
19 She putteth her handes to the wherue, and her handes handle the spindle.
Hands her she stretches out on the distaff and palms her they grasp [the] spindle.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poore, and putteth foorth her hands to the needie.
Palm her she spreads out to poor [person] and hands her she stretches out to the needy [person].
21 She feareth not the snowe for her familie: for all her familie is clothed with skarlet.
Not she is afraid for household her from snow for all household her [is] clothed scarlet.
22 She maketh her selfe carpets: fine linen and purple is her garment.
Coverings she makes for herself [is] fine linen and purple clothing her.
23 Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land.
[is] known In the gates husband her when sits he with [the] elders of [the] land.
24 She maketh sheetes, and selleth them, and giueth girdels vnto the marchant.
Linen garment[s] she makes and she sold and a belt she supplies to the merchants.
25 Strength and honour is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall reioyce.
[is] strength And honor clothing her and she laughed to a day future.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and the lawe of grace is in her tongue.
Mouth her she opens with wisdom and instruction of loyalty [is] on tongue her.
27 She ouerseeth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenes.
[she is] watching over [the] ways of Household her and [the] bread of laziness not she eats.
28 Her children rise vp, and call her blessed: her husband also shall prayse her, saying,
They rise up sons her and they called blessed her husband her and he praised her.
29 Many daughters haue done vertuously: but thou surmountest them all.
Many daughters they have done ability and you you have gone up above all of them.
30 Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vanitie: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praysed.
[is] deception Grace and [is] vanity beauty a woman fearing Yahweh she she will be praised.
31 Giue her of the fruite of her hands, and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.
Give to her some of [the] fruit of hands her and let them praise her in the gates work her.
