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King James Version
Proverbs 31:17
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
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Christian Standard Bible®
She draws on her strengthand reveals that her arms are strong.
She draws on her strengthand reveals that her arms are strong.
Hebrew Names Version
She girds her loins with strength, And makes her arms strong.
She girds her loins with strength, And makes her arms strong.
English Standard Version
She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.
She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.
New American Standard Bible
She surrounds her waist with strength And makes her arms strong.
She surrounds her waist with strength And makes her arms strong.
New Century Version
She does her work with energy, and her arms are strong.
She does her work with energy, and her arms are strong.
Amplified Bible
She equips herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] And makes her arms strong.
She equips herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] And makes her arms strong.
World English Bible
She girds her loins with strength, And makes her arms strong.
She girds her loins with strength, And makes her arms strong.
Geneva Bible (1587)
She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
Legacy Standard Bible
She girds herself with strengthAnd makes her arms strong.
She girds herself with strengthAnd makes her arms strong.
Berean Standard Bible
She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.
She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.
Contemporary English Version
and she always works hard.
and she always works hard.
Complete Jewish Bible
ח She gathers her strength around her and throws herself into her work.
ח She gathers her strength around her and throws herself into her work.
Darby Translation
She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
Easy-to-Read Version
She works very hard. She is strong and able to do all her work.
She works very hard. She is strong and able to do all her work.
George Lamsa Translation
She girds her loins with strength, and strengthens her arms.
She girds her loins with strength, and strengthens her arms.
Good News Translation
She is a hard worker, strong and industrious.
She is a hard worker, strong and industrious.
Lexham English Bible
She girds her waist in strength, and makes her arms strong.
She girds her waist in strength, and makes her arms strong.
Literal Translation
She has girded her loins with strength, and has made her arms strong.
She has girded her loins with strength, and has made her arms strong.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength, and courageth hir armes.
She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength, and courageth hir armes.
American Standard Version
She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.
She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.
Bible in Basic English
She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.
She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
King James Version (1611)
She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes.
She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work.
She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work.
English Revised Version
She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sche girde hir leendis with strengthe, and made strong hir arm.
Sche girde hir leendis with strengthe, and made strong hir arm.
Update Bible Version
She girds her loins with strength, And makes her arms strong.
She girds her loins with strength, And makes her arms strong.
Webster's Bible Translation
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
New English Translation
She begins her work vigorously, and she strengthens her arms.
She begins her work vigorously, and she strengthens her arms.
New King James Version
She girds herself with strength, And strengthens her arms.
She girds herself with strength, And strengthens her arms.
New Living Translation
She is energetic and strong, a hard worker.
She is energetic and strong, a hard worker.
New Life Bible
She makes herself ready with strength, and makes her arms strong.
She makes herself ready with strength, and makes her arms strong.
New Revised Standard
She girds herself with strength, and makes her arms strong.
She girds herself with strength, and makes her arms strong.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
She girdeth, with strength her loins, and putteth vigour into her arms:
She girdeth, with strength her loins, and putteth vigour into her arms:
Douay-Rheims Bible
She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.
She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.
Revised Standard Version
She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong.
She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong.
Young's Literal Translation
She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.
She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
She girds herself with strength And makes her arms strong.
She girds herself with strength And makes her arms strong.
Contextual Overview
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
girdeth: 1 Kings 18:46, 2 Kings 4:29, Job 38:3, Luke 12:35, Ephesians 6:10, Ephesians 6:14, 1 Peter 1:13
strengtheneth: Genesis 49:24, Isaiah 44:12, Hosea 7:15
Cross-References
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:61
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
1 Samuel 30:17
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
She girdeth her loins with strength,.... Showing her readiness to every good work; and with what cheerfulness, spirit, and resolution, she set about it, and with what dispatch and expedition she performed it: the allusion is to the girding and tucking up of long garments, wore in the eastern countries, when any work was set about in earnest, which required dispatch; see Luke 17:8; the strength of creatures being in their loins, Job 40:16; the loins are sometimes put for strength, as in Plautus r; and the sense is much the same with what follows;
and strengtheneth her arms; does all she finds to do with all her might and main, as the church does; not in her own strength, but in the strength of Christ; to whom she seeks for it, and in whose strength she goes forth about her business; by whom the arms of her hands are made strong, even by the mighty God of Jacob; and because she thus applies to him for it, she is said to do it herself, Genesis 49:24; here she plays the man, and acts the manly part, 1 Corinthians 16:13.
r "Lumbos defractos velim", Stichus, Act. 2. Sc. 1. v. 37.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 31:17. She girdeth her loins with strength —
7. She takes care of her own health and strength, not only by means of useful labour, but by healthy exercise. She avoids what might enervate her body, or soften her mind-she is ever active, and girt ready for every necessary exercise. Her loins are firm, and her arms strong.
