Proverbs 31:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from far away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ She is like the merchants' ships; She bringeth her food from afar.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ She is like the merchant ships loaded with foodstuffs; she brings her household's food from a far [country].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ She is like a fleet of merchant ships, bringing food from a distance.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ She has become like a merchant's ship, bringing her bread from far away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ She is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.

Proverbs 31:14 Cross References

2 Chronicles 9:10

Moreover, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir brought algum wood and precious stones.

Proverbs 31:13

She seeks wool and flax and works with willing hands.

Proverbs 31:24

She makes linen garments and sells them; she supplies the merchant with sashes.

Proverbs 31:27

She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.