Proverbs 31:29
“The daughters who have done worthily [are] many, || You have gone up above them all.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
In Context
28Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her blessed, || Her husband, and he praises her,
30Favor [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain, || A woman fearing YHWH, she may boast herself.
Cross References
Ruth 3:11And now, my daughter, do not fear, all that you say I do to you, for all the gate of my people knows that you [are] a virtuous woman.
Song of Solomon 6:8Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, || And virgins without number.
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 →