Proverbs 31:10

Who can find an aishes chayil (a woman of valor, an excellent wife)? + 31:10 Prov 12:4 1 For her worth is far above rubies. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

In Context

9Open thy peh (mouth), judge tzedek, 1 and plead the cause of the oni and the evyon. 1

11The lev of her ba'al (husband) doth securely trust in her, 1 so that he shall have no lack of gain. 1

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Cross References

Ruth 3:11And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest; for kol sha'ar ami doth have da'as that thou art an aishes chayil + 3:11 Prov 31 (virtuous woman).

Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than peninim (pearls); 1 and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 1

Proverbs 12:4An aishes chayil (a woman of valor, an excellent wife) is an ateret to her ba'al, 1 but she that bringeth shame is like rottenness in his atzmot. 1

Proverbs 18:22He who findeth an isha (wife) findeth tov, 1 and obtaineth ratzon (favor) from Hashem. 1

Proverbs 20:15There is zahav, and a multitude of rubies, 1 but the sfatayim (lips) of da'as are a precious jewel. 1

Song of Solomon 6:8There are threescore melakhot (queens), 1 and fourscore pilagshim (concubines), 1 and alamot (young unmarried virgins) without number. + 6:8 T.N. Alamot is plural of almah, “virgin,” alamot, “virgins;” see Shir Song 1:3; Isa 7:14; Gn 24:43; Ex 2:8; Prov 30:19 where the word means explicitly or implicitly “virgin” and where “young woman” is not an adequate rendering, in this case, since the King was hardly interested in only young women in his harem, but demanded “virgins”; the older Jewish translations like Harkavyʼs so translated the word as “virgin” in this verse until it became politically incorrect to do so in later, more liberal Jewish translations into English 1

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 →

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