Proverbs 31
1 THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL: The prophecie which his mother taught him.
word Lemuel king burden which to discipline him mother his
2 What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!
what? son: child my and what? son: child belly: womb my and what? son: child vow my
3 Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, which is to destroy Kings.
not to give: give to/for woman strength your and way: conduct your to/for to wipe king
4 It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,
not to/for king Lemuel not to/for king to drink wine and to/for to rule (where? *Q(K)*) strong drink
5 Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.
lest to drink and to forget to decree and to change judgment all son: type of affliction
6 Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.
to give: give strong drink to/for to perish and wine to/for bitter soul
7 Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.
to drink and to forget poverty his and trouble his not to remember still
8 Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.
to open lip your to/for mute to(wards) judgment all son: type of destruction
9 Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
to open lip your to judge righteousness and to judge afflicted and needy
10 Who shall finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue the pearles.
woman: wife strength: worthy who? to find and distant from jewel merchandise her
11 The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall haue no neede of spoyle.
to trust in/on/with her heart master: husband her and spoil not to lack
12 She will doe him good, and not euill all the dayes of her life.
to wean him good and not bad: evil all day life her
13 She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and laboureth cheerefully with her handes.
to seek wool and flax and to make: do in/on/with pleasure palm her
14 She is like the shippes of marchants: shee bringeth her foode from afarre.
to be like/as fleet to trade from distance to come (in): bring 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 to arise: rise in/on/with still night and to give: give prey to/for house: household her and statute: portion to/for maiden her
16 She considereth a field, and getteth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde.
to plan land: country and to take: buy him from fruit palm her (to plant *Q(K)*) vineyard
17 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
to gird in/on/with strength loin her and to strengthen arm her
18 She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.
to perceive for pleasant profit her not to quench (in/on/with night *Q(K)*) lamp her
19 She putteth her handes to the wherue, and her handes handle the spindle.
hand her to send: reach in/on/with distaff and palm her to grasp district
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poore, and putteth foorth her hands to the needie.
palm her to spread to/for afflicted and hand her to send: reach to/for needy
21 She feareth not the snowe for her familie: for all her familie is clothed with skarlet.
not to fear to/for house: household her from snow for all house: household her to clothe scarlet
22 She maketh her selfe carpets: fine linen and purple is her garment.
covering to make to/for her linen and purple clothing her
23 Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land.
to know in/on/with gate master: husband her in/on/with to dwell he with old: elder land: country/planet
24 She maketh sheetes, and selleth them, and giueth girdels vnto the marchant.
linen to make and to sell and belt to give: give to/for merchant
25 Strength and honour is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall reioyce.
strength and glory clothing her and to laugh to/for day last
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and the lawe of grace is in her tongue.
lip her to open in/on/with wisdom and instruction kindness upon tongue her
27 She ouerseeth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenes.
to watch walk house: household her and food: bread sluggishness not to eat
28 Her children rise vp, and call her blessed: her husband also shall prayse her, saying,
to arise: rise son: child her and to bless her master: husband her and to boast: praise her
29 Many daughters haue done vertuously: but thou surmountest them all.
many daughter to make: do strength: worthy and you(f. s.) to ascend: rise upon all their
30 Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vanitie: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praysed.
deception [the] favor and vanity [the] beauty woman afraid LORD he/she/it to boast: praise
31 Giue her of the fruite of her hands, and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.
to give: give to/for her from fruit hand her and to boast: praise her in/on/with gate deed: work her
