Proverbs 31:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: Her lamp 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.

Proverbs 31:18 Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, And eat the bread of toil: For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

Genesis 31:40

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

Job 14:21

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

Proverbs 31:17

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

Proverbs 31:19

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