Proverbs 31:29
Rabbot banot have done virtuously, 1 but thou excellest them all. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
In Context
28Her banim rise up, and call her blessed; 1 her ba'al (husband) also, and he praiseth her. 1
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).
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 31:11-31
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 →