the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Proverbs 31:19
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She stretches out her hands to the distaff,And her hands hold fast the spindle.
She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands grasp the spindle.
She layeth her fingers to the spindle, & her hande taketh holde of the distaffe.
She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hand holds the spindle.
She has sent forth her hands on the distaff, and her hands have held the spindle.
She makes her own thread and weaves her own cloth.
She lays her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.
She layeth her handes to the spindle, and her handes hold the distaffe.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
She layeth hir fyngers to the spyndle, & hir hande taketh holde of ye rocke.
She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle [as she spins wool into thread for clothing].
She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.
She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel.
She lays her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Her hands take hold of the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle.
She spins her own cloth,
י She puts her hands to the staff with the flax; her fingers hold the spinning rod.
She putteth her handes to the wherue, and her handes handle the spindle.
She stretches out her arms diligently, and puts her hands to the spindle.
She lays her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.
She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
She puts her hands to the wheel to make cloth.
She reaches forth her arms to needful works, and applies her hands to the spindle.
She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
Her hands, she putteth forth to the distaff, and, her palms, lay hold of the spindle:
She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.
Her hands she puts onto the distaff, and her palms hold a spindle.
She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands grasp the spindle.
She makes thread with her hands and weaves her own cloth.
She spins her own thread and weaves her own cloth.
She extends her hands to the spinning staff, and her hands hold the spindle.
Sche putte hir hondis to stronge thingis, and hir fyngris token the spyndil.
She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
She takes the spindle in her right hand, by twisting which she twists the thread; while she holds the distaff, on which the wool or flax is rolled, in the guard of the left arm, and draws down the thread with the fingers of the left hand. Exodus 35:25, Exodus 35:26
Reciprocal: Proverbs 31:24 - General
Cross-References
So Jacob called Rachel and Leah out to the field where he was watching his flock.
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father's attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
Rachel and Leah responded, "That's fine with us! We won't inherit any of our father's wealth anyway.
But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, "I'm warning you—leave Jacob alone!"
I can understand your feeling that you must go, and your intense longing for your father's home. But why have you stolen my gods?"
But as for your gods, see if you can find them, and let the person who has taken them die! And if you find anything else that belongs to you, identify it before all these relatives of ours, and I will give it back!" But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.
But Rachel had taken the household idols and hidden them in her camel saddle, and now she was sitting on them. When Laban had thoroughly searched her tent without finding them,
So Jacob told everyone in his household, "Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing.
Joshua said to the people, "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.
So Micah's carved image was worshiped by the tribe of Dan as long as the Tabernacle of God remained at Shiloh.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
She layeth her hands to the spindle,.... As Penelope and her maidens did t. Or spinning wheel, more properly, the wheel itself, which is laid hold on by the right hand, and turned round;
and her hands hold the distaff; the rock, stick, or staff, about which the wool is wrapped, which is spun, and is held in the left hand; for though hands are mentioned in both clauses, yet it is only with one hand the wheel is turned, and the distaff held with the other. Not only wool and flax were sought by her, Proverbs 31:13; but she spins them, and works them up into garments her web is not like the spider's, spun out of its own bowels, on which it hangs; to which the hope and trust of a hypocrite are compared, and whose webs do not become garments to cover them, Job 8:14; but the church's web is both for ornament, to the adorning of her profession, and for defence and protection from the calumnies of the world; for by these are meant good works, as Ambrose interprets them.
t Homer, Odyss. 1. v. 357. & 21. v. 351.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 31:19. She layeth her hands to the spindle —
10. She gives an example of skill and industry to her household. She takes the distaff, that on which the wool or flax was rolled; and the spindle, that by twisting of which she twisted the thread with the right hand, while she held the distaff in the guard of the left arm, and drew down the thread with the fingers of the left hand. Allowing that spindle and distaff are proper translations of כישור kishor, and פלך pelech, this was their use, and the way in which they were used. The spindle and distaff are the most ancient of all the instruments used for spinning, or making thread. The spinning-wheel superseded them in these countries; but still they were in considerable use till spinning machinery superseded both them and the spinning-wheels in general.
