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Proverbs 31

Prov. 31:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whoh can find
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
a virtuous
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
i woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
? for her price
meker (Hebrew #4377)
merchandise; also value
KJV usage: pay, price, ware.
Pronounce: meh'-ker
Origin: from 4376
is far
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
above rubies
paniyn (Hebrew #6443)
from the same as 6434; probably a pearl (as round)
KJV usage: ruby.
Pronounce: paw-neen'
Origin: or paniy {paw-nee'}
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Eccl. 7:28• 28Which my soul still seeketh,{HR}But I have not found:{HR}One man among a thousand have I found;{HR}But a woman among all those have I not found. (Eccl. 7:28)
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Prov. 12:4• 4A woman of worth [is] a crown to her husband,{HR}But she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones. (Prov. 12:4)

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Rubies,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Who.This is the commencement of an alphabetical poem, each verse beginning consecutively with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet; in which we are presented with an admirable picture of a good wife, according to the primitive manners of the East.can.
Prov. 12:4• 4A woman of worth [is] a crown to her husband,{HR}But she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones. (Prov. 12:4)
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Prov. 18:22• 22[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good thing,{HR}And obtaineth favour from Jehovah. (Prov. 18:22)
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Prov. 19:14• 14House and riches [are] an inheritance from fathers;{HR}But a prudent wife [is] from Jehovah. (Prov. 19:14)
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Ruth 3:11• 11And now, my daughter, fear not: all that thou sayest will I do to thee; for all the gate of my people knows that thou art a woman of worth. (Ruth 3:11)
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Eccl. 7:28• 28Which my soul still seeketh,{HR}But I have not found:{HR}One man among a thousand have I found;{HR}But a woman among all those have I not found. (Eccl. 7:28)
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Song of Sol. 6:8‑9• 8There are threescore queens and fourscore concubines,{HR}And virgins without number.
 9My dove, mine undefiled, is one;{HR}She [is] the only one of her mother,{HR}She [is] the choice one of her that bare her.{HR}The daughters saw her and called her blessed;{HR}The queens and the concubines, and they praised her. (Song of Sol. 6:8‑9)
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Eph. 5:25‑33• 25Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for it,
 26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] by the washing of water in [the] word,
 27that he might himself present to himself the assembly glorious, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it should be holy and blameless.
 28Thus ought husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loveth his own wife loveth himself,
 29for no one ever hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Christ also the assembly:
 30for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
 31Because of this shall a man leave father and mother and shall be closely joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
 32This mystery is great; but I speak as to Christ and as to the assembly.
 33Nevertheless, ye also every one, let each so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife fear the husband. (Eph. 5:25‑33)
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Prov. 3:15• 15She [is] more precious than rubies,{HR}And all the things thou canst desire are not equal to her. (Prov. 3:15)
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Prov. 8:11• 11For wisdom [is] better than rubies,{HR}And all the things that may be desired are not comparable to her. (Prov. 8:11)
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Prov. 20:15• 15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies;{HR}But the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel. (Prov. 20:15)
• From verse 10 to the end of the chapter, the subject is the virtuous woman. This section is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning, in the original, with one of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet as indicated in the text here used, though not seen in our authorized Bibles. It was a favorite form of composition among the Hebrews, and is used frequently in the Psalms and in the Lamentations of Jeremiah. (“Proverbs Thirty-One” by H.A. Ironside)
• (Aleph) Virtuous is used in the sense of thrifty and devoted. The thought of chastity is of course included, because the devoted wife would be faithful to her husband; but it is not that which is particularly before the mind. The virtuous woman is a dependable woman; one who can be counted on in every emergency. Capable and energetic, with a high sense of the dignity and importance of administering the affairs of the home, her worth is not to be compared with that of jewels, however valuable. (“Proverbs Thirty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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iWho can find a woman of worth? for her price is far above rubiesk.

JND Translation Notes

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From ver. 10 to the end, the initial Hebrew letter of each verse follows the alphabetical order.
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As ch. 3.15.

W. Kelly Translation

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Who can find a woman of worth?{HR}For her price is far above rubies.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)