Proverbs Chapter 31 verse 15 Holy Bible
She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens.
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She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.
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And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.
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She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
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She rises also while it is yet night, Gives food to her household, And portions for her servant girls.
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Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - VAV. She riseth also while it is yet night. Before dawn she is up and stirring, to be ready for her daily occupation. A lamp is always kept burning at night in Eastern houses, and as it is of very small dimensions, the careful housewife has to rise at midnight to replenish the oil, and she often then begins her household work by grinding the corn or preparing something for next day's meals (comp. ver. 18). Early rising before any great undertaking is continually mentioned in Scripture (see Genesis 19:2; Genesis 22:3; Psalm 57:8; Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 25:4, etc.; Mark 16:2; John 20:1). And giveth meat to her household; deditquae praedam domesticis suis, Vulgate. The word for "meat" is tereph, which means "food torn in pieces" with the teeth (Psalm 111:5), and hence food to be eaten. The wife thus early prepares or distributes the food which will be wanted for the day. And a portion to her maidens. Chok, "final portion," may apply either to work or food. The Vulgate has cibaria, "meat;" Septuagint, ἔργα, "tasks." The former, which is in accordance with Proverbs 30:8, would be merely a repetition of the second clause, the meat mentioned there being here called the allotted portion, and would be simply tautological. If we take it in the sense of "appointed labour," we get a new idea, very congruous with the housewife's activity (comp. Exodus 5:14, where the same word is used in the case of the enforced labour of the Israelites).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) And giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.--Gives out food for her household, and the allotted portion of provisions (comp. Proverbs 30:8) or work (comp. Exodus 5:14) to her maidens.
