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God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:30 Forever praised
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:30 30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is forever praised. Sheqer is “deception,” and it begins with the second-to-last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which is shin. The other half of this comparison is that beauty is “fleeting.” This […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:28-29 You surpass them all
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:28-29 28 Her children get out of bed and bless her; her husband too, and he praises her: 29 “Many women are heroic, but you surpass them all.” Nineteenth and twentieth letters: qoph and resh. Vs. 28: qamu “they rise.” Vs. 29: rabboth “many.” Since we […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:27 She watches over how things go in her household
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:27 27 Carefully she watches over how things go in her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. The first word of this verse is tsophiyah “she watches carefully” (the first letter, tsadeh, is the next letter of the alphabet). In a certain context, it might […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:26 Instruction about mercy
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:26 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction about mercy is on her tongue. Seventeenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet: pe. First word of this verse: pihah “her mouth.” Here wisdom and mercy are synonymous since this is a classic example of synonymous parallelism. In the […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:25 She can laugh at the time to come
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:25 25 Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she can laugh at the time to come. Sixteenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet: ‘ayin. First word of this verse: ‘oz “strength.” Solomon has described the kind of clothes she sells in the marketplace and the sashes she presents […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:24 aprons for the merchants
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:24 24 She makes and sells linen garments; she provides aprons for the merchants. Fifteenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet: samek. First word of this verse: sadin “linen.” The ideal wife Solomon is thinking of seems to have her hands in everything. Here she turns her sewing handiwork […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is respected
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:23 23 Her husband is respected in the city gates where he sits among the elders of the land. Fourteenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet: nun. First word of this verse: nodah “He is known/respected.” Once again, the word here for husband is “baal,” but not the false […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:22 She makes bedspreads
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:22 22 She makes bedspreads for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Thirteenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet: mem. First word of this verse: marbadim “bedspreads.” In Proverbs 7:16, we read about a woman who says, “I have spread the covers on my bed, dark Egyptian […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:21 clothed in double layers
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:21 21 She is not afraid for her household when it snows, for all of them are clothed in double layers.* Twelfth letter in the Hebrew alphabet: lamed. First word of this verse: lo “not.” There is a translation question in the second stich (line). The potential fear […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:20 Compassionate hands
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:20 20 She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. The eleventh letter in the Hebrew alphabet is kaph, which in this case is also the word before us, since kaph is the name of the letter and the word for “palm […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:19 The distaff and spindle
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:19 19 She stretches out her hand to the distaff, and grasps the spindle in her palm. The tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is yod, the little letter that resembles an apostrophe ( ’ ). Here it begins the word yad, which means “hand.” A rare idiom […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 31:18 Her lamp does not go out
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 31:18 18 In her experience, her trade is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. Hebrew has two or three ways of pronouncing the letter T. This verse begins with the hard T-sound, tet, in the word ta’amah, “she experiences.” Here we see that she has […]
