Proverbs 31:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁸ She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: Her candle goeth not out by night.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ 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)

¹⁸ She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable; Her lamp goeth not out by night.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ She realizes that her trading is successful; she doesn’t put out her lamp at night.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.

Proverbs 31:18 Cross References

Genesis 31:40

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Job 14:21

His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Proverbs 31:17

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

Proverbs 31:19

She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for laboring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.