Proverbs 31:2
What will you keep, my son, what? the words of God. My firstborn son, I speak to you: what? son of my womb? what? + 31:2 The usual punctuation has been altered. son of my vows?
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
In Context
1My words have been spoken by God—the oracular answer of a king, whom his mother instructed.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:28And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:2-10
Maternal Counsels to King Lemuel. 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto… Read the whole commentary →