Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

She selects wool and flax
and works with willing hands.

New American Standard Bible

She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.

King James Version

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

International Standard Version

She seeks out wool and flax, working with eager hands.

A Conservative Version

She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.

American Standard Version

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

Amplified


She looks for wool and flax
And works with willing hands in delight.

Bible in Basic English

She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.

Darby Translation

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

Julia Smith Translation

She sought wool and flax, and she will work in delight with her hands.

King James 2000

She seeks wool, and flax, and works willingly with her hands.

Lexham Expanded Bible

She seeks wool and flax, and she works with the diligence of {her hands}.

Modern King James verseion

She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

She occupieth wool and flax, and laboureth gladly with her hands.

NET Bible

She obtains wool and flax, and she is pleased to work with her hands.

New Heart English Bible

She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.

The Emphasized Bible

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands:

Webster

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

World English Bible

She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.

Youngs Literal Translation

She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּרשׁ 
Darash 
Usage: 164

צמר 
Tsemer 
Usage: 16

and flax
פּשׁתּה 
Pishteh 
Usage: 16

Context Readings

An Excellent Woman

12 She rewards him with good, not evil,
all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax
and works with willing hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from far away.


Cross References

Genesis 18:6-8

So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Knead three measures of fine flour and make bread.”

Genesis 24:13-14

I am standing here at the spring where the daughters of the men of the town are coming out to draw water.

Genesis 24:18-20

She replied, “Drink, my lord.” She quickly lowered her jug to her hand and gave him a drink.

Genesis 29:9-10

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Ruth 2:2-3

Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, “Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen grain behind someone who allows me to?”

Naomi answered her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

Ruth 2:23

Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s female servants and gathered grain until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Isaiah 3:16-24

The Lord also says:

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
walking with heads held high
and seductive eyes,
going along with prancing steps,
jingling their ankle bracelets,

Isaiah 32:9-11

Stand up, you complacent women;
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.

Acts 9:39-40

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12

In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”

1 Timothy 5:10

and is well known for good works—that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.

1 Timothy 5:14

Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.

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