Proverbs 31 — YLT

31Verse 1Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:^{Verse 2}'What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?^{Verse 3}Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.^{Verse 4}Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.^{Verse 5}Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.^{Verse 6}Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,^{Verse 7}He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.^{Verse 8}Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.^{Verse 9}Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'^{Verse 10}A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies [is] her price.^{Verse 11}The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.^{Verse 12}She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life.^{Verse 13}She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh [with] her hands.^{Verse 14}She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.^{Verse 15}Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.^{Verse 16}She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.^{Verse 17}She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.^{Verse 18}She hath perceived when her merchandise [is] good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.^{Verse 19}Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff.^{Verse 20}Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.^{Verse 21}She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed [with] scarlet.^{Verse 22}Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple [are] her clothing.^{Verse 23}Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.^{Verse 24}Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant.^{Verse 25}Strength and honour [are] her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.^{Verse 26}Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue.^{Verse 27}She [is] watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.^{Verse 28}Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,^{Verse 29}'Many [are] the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'^{Verse 30}The grace [is] false, and the beauty [is] vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.^{Verse 31}Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!