Proverbs 31:27 - Revised Standard Version She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She looks well to how things go in her household, and the bread of idleness (gossip, discontent, and self-pity) she will not eat. [I Tim. 5:14; Tit. 2:5.] American Standard Version (1901) She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. Common English Bible She is vigilant over the activities of her household; she doesn’t eat the food of laziness. Catholic Public Domain Version She has considered the paths of her household, and she has not eaten her bread in idleness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle. |
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
She is like the ships of the merchant, she brings her food from afar.
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you;
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.