Proverbs 31
1 The words of King Lemuel—an instruction his mother taught him.
[the] words of Lemuel [the] king an oracle which she instructed him mother his.
2 What, my son? What is it, son of my womb? What do you want, son of my vows?
What? O son my and what? O son of womb my and what? O son of vows my.
3 Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to those who destroy kings.
May not you give to women strength your and ways your to wiping out kings.
4 It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
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.
5 because when they drink they forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Lest he should drink and he may forget [what] is decreed and he may change [the] cause of all [the] sons of affliction.
6 Give strong drink to a person who is perishing and wine to those in bitter distress.
Give strong drink to [one who] is perishing and wine to [people] bitter of soul.
7 He will drink and he will forget his poverty and he will not remember his trouble.
He will drink and he may forget poverty his and trouble his not he will remember again.
8 Speak for those who cannot speak, for the causes of all who are perishing.
Open mouth your for [the] dumb to [the] cause of all [the] sons of passing away.
9 Speak out and judge by the measure of what is right and plead the cause of poor and needy people.
Open mouth your judge righteousness and plead [the] cause of [the] poor and [the] needy.
10 Who can find a capable wife? Her value is far more than jewels.
A wife of ability who? will he find and [is] far more than jewels price her.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will never be poor.
It trusts in her [the] heart of husband her and gain not he lacks.
12 She does good things for him and not evil all the days of her life.
She feeds him good and not evil all [the] days of life her.
13 She selects wool and flax, and works with the delight of her hands.
She seeks wool and flax and she worked in [the] delight of hands her.
14 She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from far away.
She is like [the] ships of a trader from a distance she brings food her.
15 She rises while it is night and gives food to her household, and she distributes the work for her female servants.
And she rose - when still night and she gave food to household her and an allotted portion to female servants her.
16 She considers a field and buys it, with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
She considers a field and she took it from [the] fruit of hands her (she plants *Q(K)*) a vineyard.
17 She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.
She girds with strength loins her and she strengthened arms her.
18 She perceives what will make a good profit for her; all night long her lamp is not extinguished.
She perceives that [is] good profit her not it is extinguished (in the night *Q(K)*) lamp her.
19 She puts her hands on the spindle, and she holds the twisting thread.
Hands her she stretches out on the distaff and palms her they grasp [the] spindle.
20 She reaches out with her hand to poor people; she reaches out with her hands to needy people.
Palm her she spreads out to poor [person] and hands her she stretches out to the needy [person].
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
Not she is afraid for household her from snow for all household her [is] clothed scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for her bed, and she wears clothes of fine purple linen.
Coverings she makes for herself [is] fine linen and purple clothing her.
23 Her husband is known at the gates, when he sits with the elders of the land.
[is] known In the gates husband her when sits he with [the] elders of [the] land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them, and she supplies sashes to the merchants.
Linen garment[s] she makes and she sold and a belt she supplies to the merchants.
25 She is clothed with strength and honor, and she laughs at the time to come.
[is] strength And honor clothing her and she laughed to a day future.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom and the law of kindness is on her tongue.
Mouth her she opens with wisdom and instruction of loyalty [is] on tongue her.
27 She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
[she is] watching over [the] ways of Household her and [the] bread of laziness not she eats.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed, and her husband praises her, saying,
They rise up sons her and they called blessed her husband her and he praised her.
29 “Many women have done well, but you surpassed them all.”
Many daughters they have done ability and you you have gone up above all of them.
30 Elegance is deceptive, beauty is vain, but a woman who fears Yahweh, she will be praised.
[is] deception Grace and [is] vanity beauty a woman fearing Yahweh she she will be praised.
31 Give her the fruit of her hands and let her works praise her in the gates.
Give to her some of [the] fruit of hands her and let them praise her in the gates work her.
