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28 Her children rise and consider her happy,
    her husband[a] also, and he praises her;
29 “Many daughters have done excellence,[b]
    but you surpass[c] all of them.”
30 Charm[d] is deceit and beauty[e] is vain;[f]
    but a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:28 Or “lord”
  2. Proverbs 31:29 Or “strength,” or “valor,” or “ability,” or “efficiency”
  3. Proverbs 31:29 Literally “you ascend over”
  4. Proverbs 31:30 Hebrew “The charm”
  5. Proverbs 31:30 Hebrew “the beauty”
  6. Proverbs 31:30 Or “vapor,” or “emptiness,” or “breath”