Proverbs 31
1 word Lemuel king burden which to discipline him mother his
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him:
2 what? son: child my and what? son: child belly: womb my and what? son: child vow my
What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?
3 not to give: give to/for woman strength your and way: conduct your to/for to wipe king
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to them that destroy kings.
4 not to/for king Lemuel not to/for king to drink wine and to/for to rule (where? *Q(K)*) strong drink
It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is the strong drink?
5 lest to drink and to forget to decree and to change judgment all son: type of affliction
— lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.
6 to give: give strong drink to/for to perish and wine to/for bitter soul
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:
7 to drink and to forget poverty his and trouble his not to remember still
let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8 to open lip your to/for mute to(wards) judgment all son: type of destruction
Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.
9 to open lip your to judge righteousness and to judge afflicted and needy
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.
10 woman: wife strength: worthy who? to find and distant from jewel merchandise her
Who can find a woman of worth? for her price is far above rubies.
11 to trust in/on/with her heart master: husband her and spoil not to lack
The heart of her husband confideth in her, and he shall have no lack of spoil.
12 to wean him good and not bad: evil all day life her
She doeth him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
13 to seek wool and flax and to make: do in/on/with pleasure palm her
She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 to be like/as fleet to trade from distance to come (in): bring food her
She is like the merchants' ships: she bringeth her food from afar;
15 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
And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.
16 to plan land: country and to take: buy him from fruit palm her (to plant *Q(K)*) vineyard
She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 to gird in/on/with strength loin her and to strengthen arm her
She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
18 to perceive for pleasant profit her not to quench (in/on/with night *Q(K)*) lamp her
She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.
19 hand her to send: reach in/on/with distaff and palm her to grasp district
She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
20 palm her to spread to/for afflicted and hand her to send: reach to/for needy
She stretcheth out her hand to the afflicted, and she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 not to fear to/for house: household her from snow for all house: household her to clothe scarlet
She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 covering to make to/for her linen and purple clothing her
She maketh herself coverlets; her clothing is byssus and purple.
23 to know in/on/with gate master: husband her in/on/with to dwell he with old: elder land: country/planet
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 linen to make and to sell and belt to give: give to/for merchant
She maketh body linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 strength and glory clothing her and to laugh to/for day last
Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laugheth [at] the coming day.
26 lip her to open in/on/with wisdom and instruction kindness upon tongue her
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 to watch walk house: household her and food: bread sluggishness not to eat
She surveyeth the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 to arise: rise son: child her and to bless her master: husband her and to boast: praise her
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her:
29 many daughter to make: do strength: worthy and you(f. s.) to ascend: rise upon all their
Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excellest them all.
30 deception [the] favor and vanity [the] beauty woman afraid LORD he/she/it to boast: praise
Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman [that] feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
31 to give: give to/for her from fruit hand her and to boast: praise her in/on/with gate deed: work her
Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.
