Proverbs 31:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ She girds herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ She girdeth her loins with strength, And strengtheneth her arms.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ She girds herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] and makes her arms strong and firm.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ She works energetically; her arms are powerful.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ She has wrapped her waist with fortitude, and she has strengthened her arm.

Proverbs 31:17 Cross References

Job 38:3

Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power;

Ephesians 6:14

Stand, therefore, and belt your waist with truth and put on the breastplate of righteousness

Luke 12:35

“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit;

1 Kings 18:46

But the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; he girded up his loins and ran in front of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Hosea 7:15

It was I who trained and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

Isaiah 44:12

The blacksmith works it with a tool over the coals, shaping it with hammers and forging it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.

2 Kings 4:29

He said to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, give no greeting, and if anyone greets you, do not answer, and lay my staff on the face of the child.”

Genesis 49:24

Yet his bow remained taut, and his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Proverbs 31:16

She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

Proverbs 31:18

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.