Proverbs 31:1
דִּבְרֵי לְמוּאֵל מֶלֶךְ מַשָּׂא אֲֽשֶׁר ־ יִסְּרַתּוּ אִמּֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2מַה ־ בְּרִי וּמַֽה ־ בַּר ־ בִּטְנִי וּמֶה בַּר ־ נְדָרָֽי ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ וְאַל ־ תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 30:1דִּבְרֵי ׀ אָגוּר בִּן ־ יָקֶה הַמַּשָּׂא נְאֻם הַגֶּבֶר לְאִֽיתִיאֵל לְאִיתִיאֵל וְאֻכָֽל ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:1
This chapter is added to Solomon's proverbs, some think because it is of the same author, supposing king Lemuel to be king Solomon; others only because it is of the same nature, though left in writing by another author, called Lemuel; however it be, it is a prophecy, and therefore given by inspiration and direction of God, which Lemuel was under in the writing of it, and putting it into this form, as his mother was in dictating to him the matter of it. Here is, I. An exhortation to Lemuel, a young prince, to take… Read the whole commentary →