Proverbs 31:14
She is like [SIM] a ship that brings from far away goods/merchandise to sell, because she buys food that comes from far away.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
In Context
13She finds wool and flax in the market, and she enjoys spinning it to make yarn.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:26King Solomon’s workers also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber city, which is near Elath city, on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land belonging to the Edom people-group.
Proverbs 31:24She makes clothes from linen cloth and sells them. She sells sashes to shop owners.
Ezekiel 27:3The city of Tyre is located on an island at the edge of the sea, and their merchants ◄traded/bought and sold goods► with people-groups who live along many seacoasts. This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say that you should tell them: ‘You people of Tyre said that your city was very beautiful.
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 →