Proverbs 31:18
New International Version
She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.

New Living Translation
She makes sure her dealings are profitable; her lamp burns late into the night.

English Standard Version
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.

Berean Standard Bible
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

King James Bible
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

New King James Version
She perceives that her merchandise is good, And her lamp does not go out by night.

New American Standard Bible
She senses that her profit is good; Her lamp does not go out at night.

NASB 1995
She senses that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out at night.

NASB 1977
She senses that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out at night.

Legacy Standard Bible
She senses that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out at night.

Amplified Bible
She sees that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out, but it burns continually through the night [she is prepared for whatever lies ahead].

Christian Standard Bible
She sees that her profits are good, and her lamp never goes out at night.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She sees that her profits are good, and her lamp never goes out at night.

American Standard Version
She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable; Her lamp goeth not out by night.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
She has tasted that her merchandise is good and her lamp does not go out all night.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.

Contemporary English Version
She knows when to buy or sell, and she stays busy until late at night.

Douay-Rheims Bible
She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.

English Revised Version
She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: her lamp goeth not out by night.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She sees that she is making a good profit. Her lamp burns late at night.

Good News Translation
She knows the value of everything she makes, and works late into the night.

International Standard Version
She is confident that her profits are sufficient. Her lamp does not go out at night.

JPS Tanakh 1917
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; Her lamp goeth not out by night.

Literal Standard Version
She has perceived when her merchandise [is] good, | Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.

Majority Standard Bible
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

New American Bible
She enjoys the profit from her dealings; her lamp is never extinguished at night.

NET Bible
She knows that her merchandise is good, and her lamp does not go out in the night.

New Revised Standard Version
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.

New Heart English Bible
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.

Webster's Bible Translation
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

World English Bible
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.

Young's Literal Translation
She hath perceived when her merchandise is good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.

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Context
The Virtues of a Noble Woman
17She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong. 18She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night. 19She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.…

Cross References
Job 14:21
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

Proverbs 31:17
She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.

Proverbs 31:19
She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.


Treasury of Scripture

She perceives that her merchandise is good: her candle goes not out by night.

perceiveth or tasteth her candle

Genesis 31:40
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Psalm 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Matthew 25:3-10
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: …

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Verse 18. - TETH. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; Vulgate, Gustavit et vidit quia bona est negotiatio ejus, where the paraphrase, "she tastes and sees," expresses the meaning of the verb taam here used. Her prudence and economy leave her a large surplus profit, which she contemplates with satisfaction. There is no suspicion of arrogance or conceit, The pleasure that is derived from duty done and successfully conducted business is legitimate and healthy, a providential reward of good works. Septuagint, "She tastes that it is good to work." This comfort and success spur her on to further and more continued exertion. Her candle (lamp) goeth not out by night. She is not idle even when night falls, and outdoor occupations are cut short; she finds work for the hours of darkness, such as is mentioned in the next verse. One recalls Virgil's picture of the thrifty housewife ('AEneid,' 8:407) -

"Inde ubi prima quies medio jam noctis abactae
Curriculo expulerat somnum, cum femina primum,
Cui tolerare colo vitam tenuique Minerva
Impositum, cinerem et sopitos suscitat ignis,
Noctem addens operi, famulesque ad lumina longo
Exercet penso."
Some take the lamp here in an allegorical sense, as signifying life, happiness, and prosperity, as Proverbs 13:9 and Proverbs 20:20; others, as denoting a bright example of diligence and piety (Matthew 5:16). But the simple meaning seems to be the one intended. Wordsworth notes that the passage in Revelation 18, which speaks of the "merchandise" of the false Church, also affirms that "the light of a candle" shall shine in her no more, the two metaphors in our passage applied to the true Church being there applied to Babylon.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
She sees
טָ֭עֲמָה (ṭā·‘ă·māh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2938: To taste, to perceive

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

her gain
סַחְרָ֑הּ (saḥ·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5504: Commerce, gain

[is] good,
ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

and her lamp
נֵרָֽהּ׃ (nê·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5216: A lamp, light

is not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

extinguished
יִכְבֶּ֖ה (yiḵ·beh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3518: To be quenched or extinguished, to go out

at night.
בַלַּ֣יְלָה (ḇal·lay·lāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity


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