Every wise woman buildeth her house: But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 31:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She considers a [new] field before she buys or accepts it [expanding prudently and not courting neglect of her present duties by assuming other duties]; with her savings [of time and strength] she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard. [S. of Sol. 8:12.] American Standard Version (1901) She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Common English Bible She surveys a field and acquires it; from her own resources, she plants a vineyard. Catholic Public Domain Version She has considered a field and bought it. From the fruit of her own hands, she has planted a vineyard. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. |
Every wise woman buildeth her house: But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth meat to her household, And their task to her maidens.
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted down from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?