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Proverbs 31:15

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31:15She also gets up36 while it is still night,

and provides food37 for her household and a portion38 to her female servants.

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Footnotes

  1. 36 The first word of the sixth line begins with ו (vav), the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. 37 The word for “food” is טֶרֶף (teref, “prey”; “meat”), another word that does not normally fit the domestic scene. This word also is used in a similar way in Ps 111:5, which says the Lord gives food. Here it is the noble woman who gives food to her family and servants.
  3. 38 The word חֹק (khoq) probably means “allotted portion of food” as before, but some suggest it means the task that is allotted to the servants, meaning that the wise woman gets up early enough to give out the work assignments (, , , , ). That is possible, but seems an unnecessary direction for the line to take. Others, however, simply wish to delete this last colon, leaving two cola and not three, but that is unwarranted.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

She rises while it is yet night

and provides food for her household

and portions for her maidens.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

She gets up while it is still night;

she provides food for her family

and portions for her female servants.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

She rises while it is still night

and provides food for her household

and portions for her female servants.

NLTNew Living Translation

She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household

and plan the day’s work for her servant girls.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And she arises while it is still night,

and gives food to her household,

and tasks to her servant girls.

KJV 1900King James Version

She riseth also while it is yet night,

And giveth meat to her household,

And a portion to her maidens.