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Proverbs 31:24

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31:24She makes linen garments57 and sells them,

and supplies the merchants58 with sashes.

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Footnotes

  1. 57 The first word of the fifteenth line begins with ס (samek), the fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The poet did not think it strange or unworthy for a woman of this stature to be a businesswoman engaged in an honest trade. In fact, weaving of fine linens was a common trade for women in the ancient world.
  2. 58 Heb “to the Canaanites.” These are the Phoenician traders that survived the wars and continued to do business down to the exile.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

She makes linen garments and sells them;

she delivers sashes to the merchant.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

She makes linen garments and sells them,

and supplies the merchants with sashes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

She makes and sells linen garments;

she delivers belts to the merchants.

NLTNew Living Translation

She makes belted linen garments

and sashes to sell to the merchants.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Linen garments she makes and sells,

and she supplies sashes for the merchants.

KJV 1900King James Version

She maketh fine linen, and selleth it;

And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.