Proverbs 31:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
American King James Version (AKJV)
She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
American Standard Version (ASV)
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.
Webster's Revision
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
World English Bible
She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
English Revised Version (ERV)
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Clarke's Proverbs 31:16 Bible Commentary
She considereth a field and buyeth it -
5. She provides for the growing wants of her family. More land will shortly be needed, for the family is growing up; and having seen a field contiguous to her own, which was on sale, she estimates its worth, and purchases it a good bargain; and she pays for it by the fruit of her own industry.
6. She does not restrict herself to the bare necessaries of life; she is able to procure some of its comforts. She plants a vineyard, that she may have wine for a beverage, for medicine, and for sacrifice. This also is procured of her own labor. Whatever goes out brings its worth in; and barter, not buying, is her chief mode of traffic.
Barnes's Proverbs 31:16 Bible Commentary
The verse points to a large sphere of feminine activity, strikingly in contrast with the degradation to which woman in the East has now fallen.
Wesley's Proverbs 31:16 Bible Commentary
31:16 Considereth - Whether it be fit for her use. The fruit - With the effects of her diligence. Planteth - She improves the land to the best advantage.