Proverbs 31:10
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.
Webster's Revision
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
World English Bible
Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
English Revised Version (ERV)
A virtuous woman who can find? for her price is far above rubies.
Clarke's Proverbs 31:10 Bible Commentary
Who can find a virtuous woman? - This and the following verses are acrostic, each beginning with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet: Proverbs 31:10, א aleph; Proverbs 31:11, ב beth; Proverbs 31:12, ג gimel; and so on to the end of the chapter, the last verse of which has the letter ת tau. From this to the end of the chapter we have the character of a woman of genuine worth laid down; first, in general, Proverbs 31:10-12; secondly, in its particular or component parts, verses 13-29; and, thirdly, the summing up of the character, Proverbs 31:30, Proverbs 31:31.
I. Her general character.
1. She is a virtuous wo man - a woman of power and strength. אשת חיל esheth chayil, a strong or virtuous wife, full of mental energy.
2. She is invaluable; her price is far above rubies - no quantity of precious stones can be equal to her worth.
Barnes's Proverbs 31:10 Bible Commentary
See the introduction to Proverbs.
Rubies - Better, pearls. See the Proverbs 3:15 note.
Wesley's Proverbs 31:10 Bible Commentary
31:10 A virtuous woman - Here he lays down several qualifications of an excellent wife, which are delivered in alphabetical order, each verse beginning with a several letter of the Hebrew alphabet.