Proverbs 31:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.

Proverbs 31:17 Cross References

Genesis 49:24

But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel,)

1 Kings 18:46

and the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

2 Kings 4:29

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

Job 38:3

Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me

Proverbs 31:16

She considereth a field, and buyeth it: With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

Proverbs 31:18

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

Isaiah 44:12

The smith maketh an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

Hosea 7:15

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

Luke 12:35

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

1 Peter 1:13

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;