Proverbs Chapter 31 verse 30 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 31:30

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; `But' a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
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BBE Proverbs 31:30

Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.
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DARBY Proverbs 31:30

Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman [that] feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
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KJV Proverbs 31:30

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
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WEB Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
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YLT Proverbs 31:30

The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - SHIN. The writer confirms the husband's praise by assigning to it its just grounds. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain. Chen, "favour," may signify either the good will with which one is regarded, or gracefulness, beauty. As being in close parallelism with the next words, it is best taken as referring to loveliness of form. Mere gracefulness, if considered as a token of a wife's work and usefulness, is misleading; and beauty is transitory and often dangerous. Neither of them is of any real value unless accompanied by religion. As the gnomic poet says - Μὴ κρῖν ὁρῶν τὸ κάλλος ἀλλὰ τὸν τρόπον."Judge not at eight of beauty, but of life." But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. So we come back to the maxim with which the whole book began, that the foundation of all excellence is the fear of the Lord (Proverbs 1:7). Such, too, is the conclusion of Ecclesiastes (Ecclesiastes 12:13), "Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." Septuagint, "False are charms (ἀρεσκειαι), and vain is the beauty of woman; for a prudent woman is blessed, and let her praise the fear of the Lord."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain.--Outward graces do not last; praise that will be real and enduring is for those only who fear the Lord, and, out of regard for Him, perform the duties of life as the "virtuous woman" here described.