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Proverbs 31:22

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— She makes coverings for herself; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— She maketh herself coverlets; her clothing is byssus and purple.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Coverlets, she maketh for herself, Of white linen and of purple, is her clothing:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple [are] her clothing.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple, is her covering.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— She maketh her selfe carpets: fine linen and purple is her garment.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— She maketh herselfe couerings of tapestrie; her cloathing [is] silke and purple.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— She makes herself a covering of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— She makes for her husband clothes of double texture, and garments for herself of fine linen and scarlet.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
She maketh 6213
{6213} Prime
עָשָׂה
`asah
{aw-saw'}
A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
herself coverings of tapestry; 4765
{4765} Prime
מַרְבָד
marbad
{mar-bad'}
From H7234; a coverlet.
her clothing 3830
{3830} Prime
לְבוּשׁ
l@buwsh
{leb-oosh'}
From H3847; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife.
[is] silk 8336
{8336} Prime
שֵׁשׁ
shesh
{shaysh}
(The second form for alliteration with H4897); for H7893; bleached stuff, that is, white linen or (by analogy) marble.
and purple. 713
{0713} Prime
אַרְגָּמָן
'argaman
{ar-gaw-mawn'}
Of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31.


Proverbs 31:22

_ _ coverings of tapestry — or, “coverlets,” that is, for beds.

_ _ silk — or, “linen” (compare Exodus 26:1; Exodus 27:9)

_ _ and purple — that is, the most costly goods.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 31:22

Tapestry — For the furniture of her house. Silk — Which was agreeable to her high quality.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
coverings:

Proverbs 7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.

clothing:

Genesis 41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
*marg.
Esther 5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
Esther 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Psalms 45:13-14 The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold. ... She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Ezekiel 16:10-13 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. ... Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment [was of] fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
1 Peter 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

silk:
Shesh, rather fine linen, or cotton. (See note on
Exodus 39:27 And they made coats [of] fine linen [of] woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
.) Sadin, rendered "fine linen,"
Proverbs 31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
, is probably the same as the Arabic sidn, and sudl, a veil, or an inner covering of fine muslin.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 41:42. Ex 39:27. Es 5:1; 8:15. Ps 45:13. Pv 7:16; 31:24. Ezk 16:10. 1P 3:3.

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