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Proverbs 31

Prov. 31:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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She seeketh
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
wool
tsemer (Hebrew #6785)
wool
KJV usage: wool(-len).
Pronounce: tseh'-mer
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be shaggy
, and flax
pishteh (Hebrew #6593)
linen (i.e. the thread, as carded)
KJV usage: flax, linen.
Pronounce: pish-teh'
Origin: from the same as 6580 as in the sense of comminuting
, and worketh
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
willingly
chephets (Hebrew #2656)
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
Pronounce: khay'-fets
Origin: from 2654
with her hands
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
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Flax,
Wool

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Ministry on This Verse

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worketh.
Gen. 18:6‑8• 6{i}And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Knead quickly three seahs of wheaten flour, and make cakes.{/i}
 7{i}And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf tender and good, and gave it to the attendant; and he hasted to dress it.{/i}
 8{i}And he took thick and sweet milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood before them under the tree, and they ate.{/i} (Gen. 18:6‑8)
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Gen. 24:13‑14,18‑20• 13Behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and daughters of men of the city come out to draw water.
 14And let it come to pass [that] the maiden, to whom I shall say, Let down, I pray thee, thy pitcher, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also, [be] she whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and hereby shall I know that thou hast done kindly to my master.
 18And she said, Drink, my lord; and she hasted, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.
 19And when she had done giving him drink, she said, Also for thy camels I will draw, until they have done drinking.
 20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. (Gen. 24:13‑14,18‑20)
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Gen. 29:9‑10• 9While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
 10And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. (Gen. 29:9‑10)
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Ex. 2:16• 16And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. (Ex. 2:16)
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Ruth 2:2‑3,23• 2And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
 3And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
 23So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother-in-law. (Ruth 2:2‑3,23)
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Isa. 3:16‑24• 16And Jehovah saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
 17therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will discover their secret parts.
 18In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the networks, and the crescents,
 19the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
 20the head-tires, and the ankle-chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets,
 21the rings, and the nose-jewels,
 22the festival-robes and the mantles, and the shawls, and the bags ,
 23the mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
 24And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty. (Isa. 3:16‑24)
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Isa. 32:9‑11• 9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
 10For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] on [your] loins. (Isa. 32:9‑11)
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Acts 9:39‑40• 39And Peter rose up, and went with them; whom, on his arrival, they brought up into the upper room; and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing [the] coats and cloaks which Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
 40But Peter, putting them all forth and kneeling down, prayed; and turning unto the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up. (Acts 9:39‑40)
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1 Thess. 4:11• 11and that ye make it your aim to be quiet and mind your own affairs and work with your own hands, even as we charged you, (1 Thess. 4:11)
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2 Thess. 3:10‑12• 10For even when we were with you, this we charged you, that if any will not work, neither let him eat.
 11For we hear of some walking among you disorderly, doing no business, but busybodies.
 12Now those that are such we charge and exhort in [the] Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work and eat their own bread. (2 Thess. 3:10‑12)
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1 Tim. 5:10,14• 10witnessed of in good works, if she reared children, if she entertained strangers, if she washed saints' feet, if she relieved afflicted [persons], if she followed up every good work.
 14I wish therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give none occasion to the adversary for railing; (1 Tim. 5:10,14)
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Titus 2:5• 5discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God be not ill-spoken of. (Titus 2:5)
• (Daleth) Finding her deepest joy in loving service, the virtuous wife takes delight in weaving with her own hands the wool and the flax which are to be the clothing for her household. The picture is an Eastern one, but none the less lovely to Western eyes. Kitto says, “In the state of society to which this description belongs, every kind of drapery for the person, the tent, or the house, is manufactured at home by the women, who make it a matter of pride to be able to boast that their husbands and children are entirely clad by the labor of their hands; and the man’s robe clings the more sweetly to him—is warmer in winter, and cooler in the heat, from his knowledge of the dear hands by which every thread has been prepared.” (“Proverbs Thirty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "palms" here and in Num. 5.18.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)