Proverbs 31:14
She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
In Context
13Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands.
15And she rises by night, and gives food to her household, and appointed tasks to her maidens.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:26even that for which king Solomon built a ship in Gasion Gaber near Ælath on the + 9:26 Gr. lip.shore of the + 9:26 Gr. last sea, or last part of the sea, q. d. head of the gulf.extremity of the sea in the land of Edom.
Proverbs 31:24She makes fine linens, and sells girdles to the Chananites: she opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, and controls her tongue.
Ezekiel 27:3and thou shalt say to Sor that dwells at the entrance of the sea, to the mart of the nations coming from many islands, Thus saith the Lord to Sor; Thou hast said, I have clothed myself with my beauty.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:11-31
The Virtuous Woman. 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field,… Read the whole commentary →