Who does find a capable wife? For she is worth far more than rubies.
Houses and riches are the inheritance from fathers, But an understanding wife is from יהוה.
A capable wife is the crown of her husband, But one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.
He who has found a wife has found good, And receives favour from יהוה.
She is more precious than rubies, And all your delights are not comparable to her.
“And now, my daughter, do not fear. All that you say I do for you, for all the people of my town know that you are a capable woman.
There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
which my being still seeks but have not found: I have found one man among a thousand, but a woman among all these I have not found.
“For wisdom is better than rubies, And all delights are not comparable to her.
No mention is made of coral or crystal, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
And the name of the man was Naḇ
Every wise woman has built her house, But the foolish breaks it down with her hands.
The heart of her husband shall trust her, And he has no lack of gain.