Amsal 31:18

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Ia tahu bahwa pendapatannya menguntungkan, pada malam hari pelitanya tidak padam.

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Ia tahu bahwa pendapatannya menguntungkan, pada malam hari pelitanya tidak padam.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is much more worth then pearles. ¹¹ The heart of her husbande may safely trust in her, so that he shall fall into no pouertie. ¹² She wyll do hym good, and not euill, all the dayes of her lyfe. ¹³ She occupieth wooll and flaxe, and laboureth gladly with her handes. ¹⁴ She is like a marchauntes ship, that bryngeth her vittayles from a farre. ¹⁵ She is vp in the nyght season, to prouide meate for her housholde, and foode for her maydens. ¹⁶ She considereth lande, and byeth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde. ¹⁷ She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes. ¹⁸ And yf she perceaue that her huswiferie doth good, her candell goeth not out by nyght. ¹⁹ She layeth her fingers to the spindle, & her hande taketh holde of the distaffe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

perceiveth: Heb. tasteth

her candle: Genesis 31:40, Psalms 127:2, Matthew 25:3-10, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9

Cross-References

Genesis 27:41
And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessyng that his father blessed hym withall. And Esau sayde in his heart: The dayes of sorowyng for my father are at hande, then wyll I slaye my brother Iacob.

Genesis 28:21
So that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in saftie: then shal the Lord be my God.

Genesis 31:1
And he heard the wordes of Labans sonnes saying, Iacob hath take away all that was our fathers, and of our fathers [goodes] hath he gotten all his glorie.

Genesis 31:2
And Iacob behelde the countenaunce of Laban, and beholde, it was not towardes hym as it was wont to be.

Genesis 31:27
Wherfore wentest thou away secretly vnknowen to me, and dyddest not tell me, that I myght haue let thee go thy way with mirth and songues, with tymbrell and harpe?

Genesis 31:29
For it is in my hand through God to do you hurt: But the God of your father spake vnto me yesternight, saying: Take heede that thou speake not to Iacob ought saue good.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good,.... That it turns to good account; that her trading to heaven is of great advantage; that she grows rich hereby; that her merchandise with Wisdom, or Christ, is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereby than fine gold; and though her voyages are attended with trouble and danger, yet are profitable, and therefore she is not discouraged, but determined to pursue them; she is like the merchant man, seeking goodly pearls, who finds a pearl of great price, worth all his trouble; :- and see Proverbs 3:14;

her candle goeth not out by night; or "lamp" s; her lamp of profession, which is always kept burning, Luke 12:35; or the glorious light of the Gospel, which always continues in the darkest times the church ever has been in; or her spiritual prosperity, which, though it may be damped, will never be extinct; when the candle of the wicked is often put out, Job 21:17; It may denote her diligence in working; who, as she rises early in the morning, Proverbs 31:15, so sits up late at night, and is never weary of well doing, night and day. Ambrose interprets it of the lamp of hope, which burns in the night, and by and for which men work, Romans 8:24.

s נרה "lucerna ejus", V. L. Tigurine version, Michaelis, Schultens.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 31:18. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good —

8. She takes care to manufacture the best articles of the kind, and to lay on a reasonable price that she may secure a ready sale. Her goods are in high repute, and she knows she can sell as much as she can make. And she finds that while she pleases her customers, she increases her own profits.

9. She is watchful and careful. Her candle - her lamp, burns all night, which is of great advantage in case of sudden alarms; and in the times and places where there were so many banditti, this was a very necessary family regulation. Perhaps some works were carried on during the night, those employed sleeping in the daytime. Thus labour never stood still; whilst some slept, others worked. This was no unusual thing in ancient times; and it prevails now; but alas! little children are often thus employed to help to support their indigent parents, and to fill the coffers of their unfeeling taskmasters.