Thus I was; by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
Proverbs 31:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: Her candle goeth not out by night. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She tastes and sees that her gain from work [with and for God] is good; her lamp goes not out, but it burns on continually through the night [of trouble, privation, or sorrow, warning away fear, doubt, and distrust]. American Standard Version (1901) She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable; Her lamp goeth not out by night. Common English Bible She realizes that her trading is successful; she doesn’t put out her lamp at night. Catholic Public Domain Version She has tasted and seen that her tasks are good; her lamp shall not be extinguished at night. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night. |
Thus I was; by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God.