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Proverbs 31 Literal Standard Version
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1 Words of Lemuel, a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:
1 PALABRAS del rey Lemuel; la profecía con que le enseñó su madre.
1 The words of King Lemuel—the revelation which his mother taught him:
2 “What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
2 ¿Qué, hijo mío? ¿y qué, hijo de mi vientre? ¿y qué, hijo de mis deseos?
2 “Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!
3 Do not give your strength to women, || And your ways to wiping away of kings.
3 No des á las mujeres tu fuerza, ni tus caminos á lo que es para destruir los reyes.
3 Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
4 [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, || Not for kings, to drink wine, || And for princes—a desire of strong drink.
4 No es de los reyes, oh Lemuel, no es de los reyes beber vino, ni de los príncipes la cerveza.
4 It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’
5 Lest he drink, and forget the decree, || And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
5 No sea que bebiendo olviden la ley, y perviertan el derecho de todos los hijos afligidos.
5 lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to the perishing, || And wine to the bitter in soul,
6 Dad la cerveza al desfallecido, y el vino á los de amargo ánimo:
6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.
7 He drinks, and forgets his poverty, || And he does not remember his misery again.
7 Beban, y olvídense de su necesidad, y de su miseria no más se acuerden.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8 Open your mouth for the mute, || For the right of all sons of change.
8 Abre tu boca por el mudo, en el juicio de todos los hijos de muerte.
8 Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, || Both the cause of the poor and needy!”
9 Abre tu boca, juzga justicia, y el derecho del pobre y del menesteroso.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”
10 [ALEPH-BET] A woman of worth who finds? Indeed, her price [is] far above rubies.
10 Mujer fuerte, ¿quién la hallará? porque su estima sobrepuja largamente á [la de] piedras preciosas.
10 Who can find a worthy woman? For her value is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband has trusted in her, || And he does not lack spoil.
11 El corazón de su marido está en ella confiado, y no tendrá necesidad de despojo.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.
12 She has done him good, and not evil, || All [the] days of her life.
12 Darále ella bien y no mal, todos los días de su vida.
12 She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
13 She has sought wool and flax, || And with delight she works [with] her hands.
13 Buscó lana y lino, y con voluntad labró de sus manos.
13 She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.
14 She has been as ships of the merchant, || She brings in her bread from afar.
14 Fué como navío de mercader: trae su pan de lejos.
14 She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.
15 Indeed, she rises while yet night, || And gives food to her household, || And a portion to her girls.
15 Levantóse aun de noche, y dió comida á su familia, y ración á sus criadas.
15 She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.
16 She has considered a field, and takes it, || She has planted a vineyard from the fruit of her hands.
16 Consideró la heredad, y compróla; y plantó viña del fruto de sus manos.
16 She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
17 She has girded her loins with might, || And strengthens her arms.
17 Ciñó sus lomos de fortaleza, y esforzó sus brazos.
17 She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.
18 She has perceived when her merchandise [is] good, || Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.
18 Gustó que era buena su granjería: su candela no se apagó de noche.
18 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.
19 She has sent forth her hands on a spindle, || And her hands have held a distaff.
19 Aplicó sus manos al huso, y sus manos tomaron la rueca.
19 She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
20 She has spread forth her hand to the poor, || Indeed, she sent forth her hands to the needy.
20 Alargó su mano al pobre, y extendió sus manos al menesteroso.
20 She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of her household from snow, || For all her household are clothed [with] scarlet.
21 No tendrá temor de la nieve por su familia, porque toda su familia está vestida de ropas dobles.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She has made ornamental coverings for herself, || Silk and purple [are] her clothing.
22 Ella se hizo tapices; de lino fino y púrpura es su vestido.
22 She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, || In his sitting with [the] elderly of [the] land.
23 Conocido es su marido en las puertas, cuando se sienta con los ancianos de la tierra.
23 Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She has made linen garments, and sells, || And she has given a girdle to the merchant.
24 Hizo telas, y vendió; y dió cintas al mercader.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.
25 Strength and honor [are] her clothing, || And she rejoices at a latter day.
25 Fortaleza y honor son su vestidura; y en el día postrero reirá.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.
26 She has opened her mouth in wisdom, || And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue.
26 Abrió su boca con sabiduría: y la ley de clemencia está en su lengua.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.
27 She [is] watching the ways of her household, || And she does not eat bread of sloth.
27 Considera los caminos de su casa, y no come el pan de balde.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her blessed, || Her husband, and he praises her,
28 Levantáronse sus hijos, y llamáronla bienaventurada; y su marido también la alabó.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
29 “The daughters who have done worthily [are] many, || You have gone up above them all.”
29 Muchas mujeres hicieron el bien; mas tú las sobrepujaste á todas.
29 “Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”
30 Favor [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain, || A woman fearing YHWH, she may boast herself.
30 Engañosa es la gracia, y vana la hermosura: la mujer que teme á Jehová, ésa será alabada.
30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
31 Give to her of the fruit of her hands, || And her works praise her in the gates!
31 Dadle el fruto de sus manos, y alábenla en las puertas sus hechos.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!
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Lemuel
A king whose words, taught him by his mother, are recorded in Proverbs 31.
Cited in the guide: Proverbs 31:1
Cross references (30)
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- 1 Proverbs 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:5; Proverbs 1:8; 2 Timothy 3:15; Proverbs 30:1
- 2 Isaiah 49:15; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:28
- 3 Deuteronomy 17:17; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:26–27; Proverbs 5:9–11; 1 Kings 11:1
- 4 Proverbs 20:1; Ecclesiastes 10:17; Isaiah 5:22; Hosea 4:11–12; Habakkuk 2:5
- 5 Habakkuk 2:5
- 6 1 Timothy 5:23; Psalm 104:15; 1 Samuel 1:10; Job 3:20; 2 Kings 4:27
- 7 Ephesians 5:18
- 8 Psalm 82:3–4; Proverbs 24:11–12; Jeremiah 38:7–10; Jeremiah 26:24; Esther 4:13–16
- 9 Isaiah 1:17; Amos 5:11–12; Leviticus 19:15; Job 29:15–16; Deuteronomy 1:16
- 10 Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 12:4; Ephesians 5:25–33; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 3:15
- 11 1 Peter 3:1–7
- 13 1 Timothy 5:10; Titus 2:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12; Acts 9:39–40; Ruth 2:23
- 14 Ezekiel 27:3–36; 1 Kings 9:26–28
- 15 Romans 12:11; Mark 1:35; Luke 12:42; Proverbs 20:13; Ecclesiastes 9:10
- 16 Matthew 13:44; Song of Songs 8:12; Joshua 15:18
- 17 Job 38:3; 1 Peter 1:13; Ephesians 6:10; Luke 12:35; Ephesians 6:14
- 18 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Matthew 25:3–10; Genesis 31:40; Psalm 127:2; 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9
- 19 Exodus 35:25–26
- 20 Ephesians 4:28; Hebrews 13:16; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 22:9; Romans 12:13
- 21 Genesis 45:22; Proverbs 25:20; 2 Samuel 1:24
- 22 Revelation 19:8; Proverbs 7:16; Genesis 41:42; Ezekiel 16:10–13; Esther 8:15
- 23 Proverbs 12:4; Ruth 4:1; Deuteronomy 16:18; Ruth 4:11; Job 29:7
- 24 Luke 16:19; Ezekiel 27:16; 1 Kings 10:28; Proverbs 31:19; Judges 14:12
- 25 Job 40:10; Romans 13:14; 1 Timothy 2:10; Ephesians 4:24; Job 29:14
- 26 Ephesians 4:29; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 10:31; Proverbs 12:18; Colossians 4:5
- 27 1 Timothy 5:10; Titus 2:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Proverbs 14:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:11
- 28 2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; 1 Kings 2:19; Proverbs 31:1; Psalm 116:16
- 29 Song of Songs 6:8–9; Ephesians 5:27
- 30 Proverbs 1:7; 1 Peter 3:4–5; Proverbs 11:22; Proverbs 8:13; 1 Peter 1:24
- 31 Psalm 128:2; Hebrews 6:10; Revelation 14:13; Matthew 7:16; Romans 16:1–4
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And mercy is in His tongue, therefore mercifully teacheth He the law, as it is said regarding wisdom, "The law and mercy doth she carry in her tongue." Do not fear that thou art not able to fulfill the law, flee to mercy.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)