Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.

New American Standard Bible

She is like merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.

King James Version

She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

Holman Bible

She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from far away.

International Standard Version

She is like a seagoing ship that brings her food from far away.

A Conservative Version

She is like the merchant ships: she brings her bread from afar.

American Standard Version

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

Amplified


She is like the merchant ships [abounding with treasure];
She brings her [household’s] food from far away.

Bible in Basic English

She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away.

Darby Translation

She is like the merchants' ships: she bringeth her food from afar;

Julia Smith Translation

She was as the ships of the merchant; from far off she will bring her bread.

King James 2000

She is like the merchants' ships; she brings her food from afar.

Lexham Expanded Bible

She is like the ships of a merchant; from far off she brings her food;

Modern King James verseion

She is like the merchants' ships; she brings her food from afar.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

She is like the merchants' ship, that bringeth her victuals from afar.

NET Bible

She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.

New Heart English Bible

She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

The Emphasized Bible

She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food;

Webster

She is like the merchant's ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

World English Bible

She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
סחר 
Cachar 
Usage: 21

אניּה 
'oniyah 
Usage: 31


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

An Excellent Woman

13 She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands. 14 She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread. 15 Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:26-28

And a navy hath king Solomon made in Ezion-Geber, that is beside Eloth, on the edge of the Sea of Suph, in the land of Edom.

2 Chronicles 9:10

And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone.

Proverbs 31:24

Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant.

Ezekiel 27:3-36

O dweller on the entrances of the sea, Merchant of the peoples unto many isles, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, thou -- thou hast said: I am the perfection of beauty.

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