Proverbs 31:30
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31:30Charm is deceitful73 and beauty is fleeting,74
but a woman who fears the Lord75 will be praised.
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- 73 The first word of the twenty-first line begins with שׁ (shin), the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The graphic distinction between שׁ (shin) and שׂ (sin) had not been made at the time the book of Proverbs was written; that graphic distinction was introduced by the Masoretes, a.d. 1000.
- 74 The verse shows that “charm” and “beauty” do not endure as do those qualities that the fear of the Lord produces. Charm is deceitful: One may be disappointed in the character of the one with beauty. Beauty is vain (fleeting as a vapor): Physical appearance will not last. The writer is not saying these are worthless; he is saying there is something infinitely more valuable.
- 75 This chapter describes the wise woman as fearing the Lord. It is the fear of the Lord that is the beginning of wisdom—that was the motto of the book (1:7). Psalm 111:10 also repeats that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting,
but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;
but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Charm is deceit and beauty is vain;
but a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:
But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
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