Proverbs 31:1
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy with which his mother instructed him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2What [hast thou done], O my son: and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my vows?
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and cast not off the teaching of thy mother;
Proverbs 30:1The words of Agur the son of Yakeh, even the prophecy: the man said unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ukkal,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:1
This chapter is added to Solomon's proverbs, some think because it is of the same author, supposing king Lemuel to be king Solomon; others only because it is of the same nature, though left in writing by another author, called Lemuel; however it be, it is a prophecy, and therefore given by inspiration and direction of God, which Lemuel was under in the writing of it, and putting it into this form, as his mother was in dictating to him the matter of it. Here is, I. An exhortation to Lemuel, a young prince, to take… Read the whole commentary →