Amy's Translation of Proverbs 31 Wife
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Proverbs 31:
vs 10
Virtuous Woman = a force, wealth, valor, strength, able, activity, army, force, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, war, worthy. Stongs
vs 11 Husband trusts that with her he will not need for anything else.
vs 12 she will treat him good her whole life.
vs 13 she likes (chooses to cause she wants to) make clothes for her family
vs 14 she brings goes shopping and brings groceries home.
vs 15 She gets up at 4AM and makes sack lunches for everyone
vs 16 she invests with her own money into a side business.
vs 17 Girds her loins means she works out and is thin like a greyhound. and her arms are strong she works out!
vs 18 she maintains good merchandise and her pg&E never gets shut off.
vs 19 she is always making sure everyone is clothed.
vs 20 she gives to the needy, poor
vs 21 She makes sure she prepares for the winter because she was always making clothes she foresaw the cold season.
vs 22 she makes herself beautiful clothing to look good for her man.
vs 23 OK first of all she is married to a senator or elder in the land! So since I wasn't married to a ..... OK OK Lord I know....
vs 24 in her sweatshop hours she makes merchandise and sells it to the stores. She is a work from home kinda gal.
vs 25 she is known for her strength and honor and she looks to the future with joy,
vs 26 When she does speak she uses wisdom and when she talks it is always with kind words.
vs 27 She watches what her kids are doing and doesn't waist time on soap opera's and stuff like that she is always doing something.
vs 28 Her kids love her and tell her what a great mommy she is her husband always tells her how much he loves her and appreciates her
vs 29 other people act like they do all of this but she does it and makes it look easy.
vs 30 She really fears/loves God and that is something to celebrate.
vs 31 Reward her and let her works speak for her.
all I can say is that this lady makes me look bad!
Now that I am single I want to be this for the Lord.
So I have a lot of work to do! And I have to check these things off one at a time.
It's hard I don't delight in dress making but I do in shopping! I want to know if substitutions are acceptable!
Disclaimer: I am in know way a bible theologian so this is a VERY loose translation its not even a translation its my own thoughts on this passage so don't take it at all as God's word! Let him speak to you about it on your own.
חיל
chayil
khah'-yil
From H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength: - able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+) valiant (-ly), valour, virtuous (-ly), war, worthy (-ily). Stongs Hebrew dictionary vertuous.
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