Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 31:16 - King James Version - American Edition She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She considers a [new] field before she buys or accepts it [expanding prudently and not courting neglect of her present duties by assuming other duties]; with her savings [of time and strength] she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard. [S. of Sol. 8:12.] American Standard Version (1901) She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Common English Bible She surveys a field and acquires it; from her own resources, she plants a vineyard. Catholic Public Domain Version She has considered a field and bought it. From the fruit of her own hands, she has planted a vineyard. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. |
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?