Proverbs 31
1 [the] words of Lemuel [the] king an oracle which she instructed him mother his.
My words have been spoken by God—the oracular answer of a king, whom his mother instructed.
2 What? O son my and what? O son of womb my and what? O son of vows my.
What wilt thou keep, my son, what? the words of God. My firstborn son, I speak to thee: what? son of my womb? what? son of my vows?
3 May not you give to women strength your and ways your to wiping out kings.
Give not thy wealth to women, nor thy mind and living to remorse. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel.
4 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.
Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:
5 Lest he should drink and he may forget [what] is decreed and he may change [the] cause of all [the] sons of affliction.
lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly.
6 Give strong drink to [one who] is perishing and wine to [people] bitter of soul.
Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain:
7 He will drink and he may forget poverty his and trouble his not he will remember again.
that they may forget their poverty, and may not remember their troubles any more.
8 Open mouth your for [the] dumb to [the] cause of all [the] sons of passing away.
Open thy mouth with the word of God, and judge all fairly.
9 Open mouth your judge righteousness and plead [the] cause of [the] poor and [the] needy.
Open thy mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak.
10 A wife of ability who? will he find and [is] far more than jewels price her.
Who shall find a virtuous woman? for such a one is more valuable than precious stones.
11 It trusts in her [the] heart of husband her and gain not he lacks.
The heart of her husband trusts in her: such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils.
12 She feeds him good and not evil all [the] days of life her.
For she employs all her living for her husband's good.
13 She seeks wool and flax and she worked in [the] delight of hands her.
Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands.
14 She is like [the] ships of a trader from a distance she brings food her.
She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood.
15 And she rose - when still night and she gave food to household her and an allotted portion to female servants her.
And she rises by night, and gives food to her household, and [appointed] tasks to her maidens.
16 She considers a field and she took it from [the] fruit of hands her (she plants *Q(K)*) a vineyard.
She views a farm, and buys it: and with the fruit of her hands she plants and a possession.
17 She girds with strength loins her and she strengthened arms her.
She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work.
18 She perceives that [is] good profit her not it is extinguished (in the night *Q(K)*) lamp her.
And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.
19 Hands her she stretches out on the distaff and palms her they grasp [the] spindle.
She reaches forth her arms to needful [works], and applies her hands to the spindle.
20 Palm her she spreads out to poor [person] and hands her she stretches out to the needy [person].
And she opens her hands to the needy, and reaches out fruit to the poor.
21 Not she is afraid for household her from snow for all household her [is] clothed scarlet.
Her husband is not anxious about those at home when he tarries anywhere abroad: for all her household are clothed.
22 Coverings she makes for herself [is] fine linen and purple clothing her.
She makes for her husband clothes of double texture, and garments for herself of fine linen and scarlet.
23 [is] known In the gates husband her when sits he with [the] elders of [the] land.
And her husband becomes a distinguished [person] in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land.
24 Linen garment[s] she makes and she sold and a belt she supplies to the merchants.
She makes fine linens, and sells girdles to the Chananites: she opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, and controls her tongue.
25 [is] strength And honor clothing her and she laughed to a day future.
She puts on strength and honour; and rejoices in the last days.
26 Mouth her she opens with wisdom and instruction of loyalty [is] on tongue her.
But she opens her mouth wisely, and according to law.
27 [she is] watching over [the] ways of Household her and [the] bread of laziness not she eats.
The ways of her household are careful, and she eats not the bread of idleness.
28 They rise up sons her and they called blessed her husband her and he praised her.
And [her] kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, and her husband praises her.
29 Many daughters they have done ability and you you have gone up above all of them.
Many daughters have obtained wealth, many have wrought valiantly; but thou hast exceeded, thou hast surpassed all.
30 [is] deception Grace and [is] vanity beauty a woman fearing Yahweh she she will be praised.
Charms are false, and woman's beauty is vain: for it is a wise woman that is blessed, and let her praise the fear the Lord.
31 Give to her some of [the] fruit of hands her and let them praise her in the gates work her.
Give her of the fruit of her lips; and let her husband be praised in the gates.
