Proverbs 31:14
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 31 connects to 6 cross-references. The Words of King Lemuel taught by his mother: warnings against women and wine that could destroy rulers, and urging defense of the poor and needy. The book concludes with the famous acrostic poem of the excellent wife who manages …
Bản dịch khác
She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.
She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.
She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away.
Tham chiếu chéo
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion–geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red …
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king …
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and …
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of …
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.