a portion So R.V. margin. But R.V. text, their task, the pensum, or amount of wool weighed out to each maiden for her day's task. Comp.
"Noctem addens operi, famulasque ad lumina longo
Exercet penso."
Virg. Æn. VIII. 411, 412.
Dean Plumptre (Speak. Comm.) compares the picture of Lucretia, Liv. i. 57: "nocte sera, deditam lanæ, inter lucubrantes ancillas in medio ædium sedentem invenerunt"
Verse Proverbs 31:15. _SHE RISETH ALSO WHILE IT IS YET NIGHT_] 4. She is an economist of _time_; and when the _nights_ are _long_, and the _days short_, her family not only spend a part of the _even...
A PORTION TO HER MAIDENS - The daily task assigned to each at the same time as the daily food. Compare Proverbs 30:8; Exodus 5:14....
VII. THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL TAUGHT HIM BY HIS MOTHER CHAPTER 31 The Virtuous Woman “The words of King Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him”; this is the superscription of this chapter. W...
THIRD DIVISION. THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN. Proverbs 31:10. This, the last division of the appendix, is in form an acrostic poem, each verse commencing with a letter of the Heb. alphabet in order. There are...
MEAT. [live] prey. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food....
SHE RISETH ALSO WHILE IT IS YET NIGHT— She doth not indulge herself in too much sleep, but is an early riser, before the break of day, to make provision for those who are to go abroad to work in the f...
TEXT Proverbs 31:10-21 10. A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. 11. The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain. 12. She doeth him go...
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The praises of a virtuous woman; forming a Hebrew acrostic. The 22 years begin with the several 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet c...
31:15 work (m-18) Or 'daily provision.' see Note d, Exodus 12:24 ....
THE MOTHER OF LEMUEL. THE EXCELLENT WOMAN 1-9. An exhortation addressed to king Lemuel by his mother, urging him to avoid women and wine. The latter leads to slackness and unfairness in the administr...
THE PORTION is either the proper quantity of food or the allotted quantity of material for work....
She works hard, even before dawn. She does not only provide food for her husband. She also provides food for her family. And she even provides for servant girls. Everyone in the house has good food, b...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 31 V1 These are the words of King Lemuel. This section is a difficult puzzle that his mother taught to him....
AND GIVETH MEAT TO HER HOUSEHOLD, AND A PORTION TO HER MAIDENS. — Gives out food for her household, and the allotted portion of provisions (comp. Proverbs 30:8) or work (comp. Exodus 5:14) to her maid...
וַ תָּ֤קָם ׀ בְּ עֹ֬וד לַ֗יְלָה וַ תִּתֵּ֣ן
CHAPTER 32 A GOOD WOMAN "O woman-hearts, that keep the days of old In living memory, can you stand back When Christ calls? Shall the heavenly Master lack The serving love, which is your life's fi...
“HER WORKS PRAISE HER” Proverbs 31:10-31 The ideal woman, as portrayed here, is a wife. She is the stay and confidence of her husband. Not only when she comes as a young bride into his home, in the g...
This is the second section of the appendix. There have been many conjectures as to who King Lemuel was, but nothing certainly can be said. It is divided into two parts, the first of which consists of...
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a (i) portion to her maidens. (i) She prepares their food early....
_Night, or early in the morning, as soon as the night was over; de nocte. Hebrew, "while it is yet night." (Haydock) --- Extreme vigilance is required of those who direct others. "The master must be f...
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the d...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
SHE RISETH ALSO WHILE IT IS YET NIGHT,.... That is, before the ascent of the morning, as Aben Ezra explains it, before break of day; a great while before day, as Christ is said to rise to pray, Mark 1...
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. Ver. 15. _She riseth also while it is yet night._] That is, Betime in the morning - "a great whi...
_She riseth while it is yet night_ “She doth not indulge herself in too much sleep, but is an early riser, before the break of day, to make provision for those who are to go abroad to work in the fiel...
THE ABC OF THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN...
She riseth also while it is yet night, she is up and at her work before daylight, AND GIVETH MEAT TO HER HOUSEHOLD, distributing food to all its members, for an early breakfast, and a portion to her m...
In THE FINAL CHAPTER of the book has also a peculiar character, King Lemuel is the writer, but not the author, for he simply quotes the words of his mother. Actually, no king of Israel or Judah is kno...
WHILE IT IS YET NIGHT; early in the morning, to redeem thee. GIVETH MEAT; distributeth all her necessary provisions. A PORTION; either, 1. Of work, which she allots to them. Or rather, 2. Of provisio...
Proverbs 31:15 rises H6965 (H8799) night H3915 provides H5414 (H8799) food H2964 household H1004 portion...
CONTENTS: Words of King Lemuel on the dangers of intemperance and the worth of a godly woman. CHARACTERS: God, Lemuel, his mother. CONCLUSION: A virtuous woman who has command of her own spirit, who...
Proverbs 31:1. _The words of king Lemuel._ Ancient kings had many names and surnames which embarrass history. The first name of Solomon was Jedidiah, or Jedid-jah, beloved of God. 2 Samuel 12:25. Lemu...
_Who can find a virtuous woman?_ for her price is far above rubies. THE PROPHECY OF LEMUEL’S MOTHER There was never yet a woman who did not wish to have some part in the choice of her son’s wife; an...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:10 An Alphabet of Womanly Excellence. As the esv footnote to v. Proverbs 31:10 explains, this w
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:15 By providing for HER HOUSEHOLD and HER MAIDENS before the day begins, the “excellent wife” (v. Prover
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 31:10. VIRTUOUS. Literally “_a woman of power_.” RUBIES, rather “_pearls_.” PROVERBS 31:11. HE SHALL HAVE NO NEED, etc. Rather, “_He shall not fail of spoil_.” “Strictly, ‘t...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 31:1 PART VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subjects of impurity and intemperance....
Now the thirty-first proverb are, The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him (Proverbs 31:1). So these are really the words of King Lemuel's mother unto him. The advice of a go...
2 Chronicles 36:15; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Joshua 3:1; Luke 12:42; Mark
Giveth — Distributes all necessary provisions....