Parallel Verses
Amplified
She makes [fine] linen garments and sells them;
And supplies sashes to the merchants.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Holman Bible
she delivers belts
International Standard Version
She designs and sells linen garments, supplying accessories to clothiers.
A Conservative Version
She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers girdles to the merchant.
American Standard Version
She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Bible in Basic English
She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price.
Darby Translation
She maketh body linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Julia Smith Translation
She made the under garment., and she will sell; and she gave a girdle to the Canaanite.
King James 2000
She makes fine linen, and sells it; and delivers sashes unto the merchants.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Linen garments she makes and sells, and she supplies sashes for the merchants.
Modern King James verseion
She makes fine linen and sells it, and delivers girdles to the merchants.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
She maketh cloth of silk and selleth it, and delivereth a girdle unto the merchant.
NET Bible
She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.
New Heart English Bible
She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.
The Emphasized Bible
Fine linen wraps, she maketh and selleth, and, girdles, doth she deliver to the trader:
Webster
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles to the merchant.
World English Bible
She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.
Youngs Literal Translation
Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant.
Themes
Commerce » Persons engaged in, called » Merchants
Girdles » Made for sale by industrious women
Industry » Characteristic of Godly women
Labour » Woman's » Manual labour
Labour » Manual, done by women
Speech/communication » Who speaks wisdom
Wives » Good » Are diligent and prudent
Woman » Good and virtuous, described
Women » Work of » Manual labour
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 31:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Excellent Woman
23
Her husband is known in the [city’s] gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
She makes [fine] linen garments and sells them;
And supplies sashes to the merchants.
Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure;
And she smiles at the future [knowing that she and her family are prepared].
Cross References
Judges 14:12
Then Samson said to them, “Let me now ask you a riddle; if you can tell me what it is within the seven days of the feast, and solve it, then I will give you thirty linen tunics (undergarments) and thirty changes of [outer] clothing.
1 Kings 10:28
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from
Proverbs 31:13
She looks for wool and flax
And works with willing hands in delight.
Proverbs 31:19
She stretches out her hands to the
And her hands hold the spindle [as she spins wool into thread for clothing].
Ezekiel 27:16
Luke 16:19