Proverbs 31
1 word Lemuel king burden which to discipline him mother his
Words of Lemuel, a king, a declaration 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, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
3 not to give: give to/for woman strength your and way: conduct your to/for to wipe king
Do not give your strength to women, And your ways to wiping away of 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, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes—a desire of strong drink.
5 lest to drink and to forget to decree and to change judgment all son: type of affliction
Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
6 to give: give strong drink to/for to perish and wine to/for bitter soul
Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,
7 to drink and to forget poverty his and trouble his not to remember still
He drinks, and forgets his poverty, And he does not remember his misery again.
8 to open lip your to/for mute to(wards) judgment all son: type of destruction
Open your mouth for the mute, For the right of all sons of change.
9 to open lip your to judge righteousness and to judge afflicted and needy
Open your mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!”
10 woman: wife strength: worthy who? to find and distant from jewel merchandise her
[ALEPH-BET] A woman of worth who finds? Indeed, 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 has trusted in her, And he does not lack spoil.
12 to wean him good and not bad: evil all day life her
She has done 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 has sought wool and flax, And with delight she works [with] her hands.
14 to be like/as fleet to trade from distance to come (in): bring food her
She has been as ships of the merchant, She brings in her bread 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
Indeed, she rises while yet night, And gives food to her household, And a portion to her girls.
16 to plan land: country and to take: buy him from fruit palm her (to plant *Q(K)*) vineyard
She has considered a field, and takes it, She has planted a vineyard from the fruit of her hands.
17 to gird in/on/with strength loin her and to strengthen arm her
She has girded her loins with might, And strengthens her arms.
18 to perceive for pleasant profit her not to quench (in/on/with night *Q(K)*) lamp her
She has perceived when her merchandise [is] good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.
19 hand her to send: reach in/on/with distaff and palm her to grasp district
She has sent forth her hands on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff.
20 palm her to spread to/for afflicted and hand her to send: reach to/for needy
She has spread forth her hand to the poor, Indeed, she sent 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 her household from snow, For all her household are clothed [with] scarlet.
22 covering to make to/for her linen and purple clothing her
She has made ornamental coverings for herself, Silk and purple [are] her clothing.
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, In his sitting with [the] elderly of [the] land.
24 linen to make and to sell and belt to give: give to/for merchant
She has made linen garments, and sells, And she has given a girdle to the merchant.
25 strength and glory clothing her and to laugh to/for day last
Strength and honor [are] her clothing, And she rejoices at a latter day.
26 lip her to open in/on/with wisdom and instruction kindness upon tongue her
She has opened her mouth in wisdom, And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue.
27 to watch walk house: household her and food: bread sluggishness not to eat
She [is] watching the ways of her household, And she does not eat bread of sloth.
28 to arise: rise son: child her and to bless her master: husband her and to boast: praise her
Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her blessed, Her husband, and he praises her,
29 many daughter to make: do strength: worthy and you(f. s.) to ascend: rise upon all their
“The daughters who have done worthily [are] many, You have gone up above them all.”
30 deception [the] favor and vanity [the] beauty woman afraid LORD he/she/it to boast: praise
Favor [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain, A woman fearing YHWH, she may boast herself.
31 to give: give to/for her from fruit hand her and to boast: praise her in/on/with gate deed: work her
Give to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works praise her in the gates!
