Devine Scripture

Proverbs 31:14

Proverbs chapter 31 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

Context

v.13She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

v.14This passage

v.15She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 27:3

    and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

  • 1 Kings 9:26

    And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.