Proverbs 31
1 The words of King Lemuel—the revelation which his mother taught him:
[the] words of Lemuel [the] king an oracle which she instructed him mother his.
2 “Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!
What? O son my and what? O son of womb my and what? O son of vows my.
3 Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys 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, nor for princes to say, ‘Where is 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 lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is 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 him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.
Give strong drink to [one who] is perishing and wine to [people] bitter of soul.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
He will drink and he may forget poverty his and trouble his not he will remember again.
8 Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
Open mouth your for [the] dumb to [the] cause of all [the] sons of passing away.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”
Open mouth your judge righteousness and plead [the] cause of [the] poor and [the] needy.
10 Who can find a worthy woman? For her value is far above rubies.
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. He shall have no lack of gain.
It trusts in her [the] heart of husband her and gain not he lacks.
12 She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
She feeds him good and not evil all [the] days of life her.
13 She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with 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 bread from afar.
She is like [the] ships of a trader from a distance she brings food her.
15 She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.
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 arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.
She girds with strength loins her and she strengthened arms her.
18 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.
She perceives that [is] good profit her not it is extinguished (in the night *Q(K)*) lamp her.
19 She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
Hands her she stretches out on the distaff and palms her they grasp [the] spindle.
20 She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
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 with scarlet.
Not she is afraid for household her from snow for all household her [is] clothed scarlet.
22 She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Coverings she makes for herself [is] fine linen and purple clothing her.
23 Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among 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 delivers sashes to the merchant.
Linen garment[s] she makes and she sold and a belt she supplies to the merchants.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing. 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. Kind instruction is on her tongue.
Mouth her she opens with wisdom and instruction of loyalty [is] on tongue her.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t 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. Her husband also praises her:
They rise up sons her and they called blessed her husband her and he praised her.
29 “Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”
Many daughters they have done ability and you you have gone up above all of them.
30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
[is] deception Grace and [is] vanity beauty a woman fearing Yahweh she she will be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands! 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.
