Proverbs 31
1 word Lemuel king burden which to discipline him mother his
My words have been spoken by God—the oracular answer of a king, whom his mother instructed.
2 what? son: child my and what? son: child belly: womb my and what? son: child vow my
What will you keep, my son, what? the words of God. My firstborn son, I speak to you: what? son of my womb? what? 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 your wealth to women, nor your mind and living to remorse. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel.
4 not to/for king Lemuel not to/for king to drink wine and to/for to rule (where? *Q(K)*) strong drink
Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:
5 lest to drink and to forget to decree and to change judgment all son: type of affliction
lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly.
6 to give: give strong drink to/for to perish and wine to/for bitter soul
Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain:
7 to drink and to forget poverty his and trouble his not to remember still
that they may forget their poverty, and may not remember their troubles any more.
8 to open lip your to/for mute to(wards) judgment all son: type of destruction
Open your mouth with the word of God, and judge all fairly.
9 to open lip your to judge righteousness and to judge afflicted and needy
Open your mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak.
10 woman: wife strength: worthy who? to find and distant from jewel merchandise her
Who shall find a virtuous woman? for such a one is more valuable than precious stones.
11 to trust in/on/with her heart master: husband her and spoil not to lack
The heart of her husband trusts in her: such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils.
12 to wean him good and not bad: evil all day life her
For she employs all her living for her husband's good.
13 to seek wool and flax and to make: do in/on/with pleasure palm her
Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands.
14 to be like/as fleet to trade from distance to come (in): bring food her
She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood.
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 rises by night, and gives food to her household, and [appointed] tasks to her maidens.
16 to plan land: country and to take: buy him from fruit palm her (to plant *Q(K)*) vineyard
She views a farm, and buys it: and with the fruit of her hands she plants and a possession.
17 to gird in/on/with strength loin her and to strengthen arm her
She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work.
18 to perceive for pleasant profit her not to quench (in/on/with night *Q(K)*) lamp her
And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.
19 hand her to send: reach in/on/with distaff and palm her to grasp district
She reaches forth her arms to needful [works], and applies her hands to the spindle.
20 palm her to spread to/for afflicted and hand her to send: reach to/for needy
And she opens her hands to the needy, and reaches out fruit to the poor.
21 not to fear to/for house: household her from snow for all house: household her to clothe scarlet
Her husband is not anxious about those at home when he tarries anywhere abroad: for all her household are clothed.
22 covering to make to/for her linen and purple clothing her
She makes for her husband clothes of double texture, and garments for herself of fine linen and scarlet.
23 to know in/on/with gate master: husband her in/on/with to dwell he with old: elder land: country/planet
And her husband becomes a distinguished [person] in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land.
24 linen to make and to sell and belt to give: give to/for merchant
She makes fine linens, and sells girdles to the Chananites: she opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, and controls her tongue.
25 strength and glory clothing her and to laugh to/for day last
She puts on strength and honor; and rejoices in the last days.
26 lip her to open in/on/with wisdom and instruction kindness upon tongue her
But she opens her mouth wisely, and according to law.
27 to watch walk house: household her and food: bread sluggishness not to eat
The ways of her household are careful, and she eats not the bread of idleness.
28 to arise: rise son: child her and to bless her master: husband her and to boast: praise her
And [her] kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, and her husband praises her.
29 many daughter to make: do strength: worthy and you(f. s.) to ascend: rise upon all their
Many daughters have obtained wealth, many have wrought valiantly; but you have exceeded, you have surpassed all.
30 deception [the] favor and vanity [the] beauty woman afraid LORD he/she/it to boast: praise
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 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 lips; and let her husband be praised in the gates.
