The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 31:16 - New Revised Standard Version She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants 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. |
The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
She rises while it is still night and provides food for her household and tasks for her servant-girls.
My vineyard, my very own, is for myself; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred!
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?”