Proverbs 31:14
Like a merchant's ship, she brings food from far away.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
In Context
13She gets wool and flax, and with her eager hands turns them into clothes.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:26King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
Proverbs 31:24She makes linen clothes for sale, and supplies merchants with belts.
Ezekiel 27:3Tell Tyre, the city that stands at the gateway to the sea, supplying goods to many overseas nations, that this is what the Lord God says: Tyre, you say to yourself, ‘I'm so beautiful!’
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 →