Proverbs 29:17
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 29:17
Lexham English Bible
17 Discipline your children, and they will give you rest,
and they will give delight to your soul.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:17 Or “life,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 31:25-31
Legacy Standard Bible
Ayin
Pe
Tsadhe
Qoph
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
As for her husband, he also praises her, saying:
Resh
29 “Many daughters have done excellently,
But you have gone above them all.”
Shin
30 [d]Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who [e](D)fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
Tav
31 Give to her from the fruit of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:25 Lit latter days
- Proverbs 31:26 Or law
- Proverbs 31:27 Lit being a sluggard
- Proverbs 31:30 Lit Gracefulness
- Proverbs 31:30 Or reverences
Proverbs 31:25-31
Lexham English Bible
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the future.[a]
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and instruction of kindness is upon her tongue.
27 She looks after the ways of her household,
and the bread of idleness she will not eat.
28 Her children rise and consider her happy,
her husband[b] also, and he praises her;
29 “Many daughters have done excellence,[c]
but you surpass[d] all of them.”
30 Charm[e] is deceit and beauty[f] is vain;[g]
but a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.
31 Give to her from the fruit of her hand,
and may they praise her works in the city gates.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:25 Literally “to the day/time coming after”
- Proverbs 31:28 Or “lord”
- Proverbs 31:29 Or “strength,” or “valor,” or “ability,” or “efficiency”
- Proverbs 31:29 Literally “you ascend over”
- Proverbs 31:30 Hebrew “The charm”
- Proverbs 31:30 Hebrew “the beauty”
- Proverbs 31:30 Or “vapor,” or “emptiness,” or “breath”
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