Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. New Living Translation Her hands are busy spinning thread, her fingers twisting fiber. English Standard Version She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. Berean Standard Bible She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. King James Bible She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. New King James Version She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hand holds the spindle. New American Standard Bible She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands grasp the spindle. NASB 1995 She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands grasp the spindle. NASB 1977 She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands grasp the spindle. Legacy Standard Bible She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold fast the spindle. Amplified Bible She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle [as she spins wool into thread for clothing]. Christian Standard Bible She extends her hands to the spinning staff, and her hands hold the spindle. Holman Christian Standard Bible She extends her hands to the spinning staff, and her hands hold the spindle. American Standard Version She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle. Aramaic Bible in Plain English She stretched out her arms with diligence and her hands to the spindle. Brenton Septuagint Translation She reaches forth her arms to needful works, and applies her hands to the spindle. Contemporary English Version She spins her own cloth, Douay-Rheims Bible She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle. English Revised Version She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. GOD'S WORD® Translation "She puts her hands on the distaff, and her fingers hold a spindle. Good News Translation She spins her own thread and weaves her own cloth. International Standard Version She works with her own hands on her clothes — her hands work the sewing spindle. JPS Tanakh 1917 She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle. Literal Standard Version She has sent forth her hands on a spindle, | And her hands have held a distaff. Majority Standard Bible She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. New American Bible She puts her hands to the distaff, and her fingers ply the spindle. NET Bible Her hands take hold of the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle. New Revised Standard Version She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. New Heart English Bible She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. Webster's Bible Translation She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. World English Bible She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. Young's Literal Translation Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Virtues of a Noble Woman…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. 20She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.… Cross References 2 Samuel 3:29 May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food." Proverbs 31:18 She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night. Proverbs 31:20 She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. Treasury of Scripture She lays her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. Exodus 35:25,26 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen… Jump to Previous Distaff Fingers Forth Grasp Grasps Hand Hands Held Hold Holds Lays Puts Putteth Rod Stretches WheelJump to Next Distaff Fingers Forth Grasp Grasps Hand Hands Held Hold Holds Lays Puts Putteth Rod Stretches WheelProverbs 31 1. Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance6. The afflicted are to be comforted and defended 10. The praise and properties of a good wife Verse 19. - YODH. She layeth her hands to the spindle. כִּישׁור. (kishor, a word not occurring elsewhere) is probably not the spindle, but the distaff, i.e. the staff to which is tied the bunch of flax from which the spinning wheel draws the thread. To this she applies her hand; she deftly performs the work of spinning her flax into thread. Her hands hold the distsaff. פֶלֶך (pelek) is the spindle, the cylindrical wood (afterwards the wheel) on which the thread winds itself as it is spun. The hands could not be spared to hold the distaff as well as the spindle, so the first clause should run, "She stretches her hand towards the distaff." In the former clause kishor occasioned some difficulty to the early translators, who did not view the word as connected with the process of spinning. The Septuagint translates, "She stretches out her arms to useful works (ἐπὶ τὰ συμφέροντα);" Vulgate, Manum suam misit ad fortia. So Aquila and Symmachus, ἀνδρεῖα. This rather impedes the parallelism of the two clauses. There was nothing derogatory in women of high rank spinning among their maidens, just as in the Middle Ages noble ladies worked at tapestry with their attendants. We remember how Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus, was found sitting in the midst of her handmaids, carding wool and spinning (Livy, 1:57). Catullus, in his 'Epithal. Pel. et Thet.,' 312, describes the process of spinning ? "Laeva colum molli lana retinebat amictum; Hebrew She stretchesשִׁלְּחָ֣ה (šil·lə·ḥāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out out her hands יָ֭דֶיהָ (yā·ḏe·hā) Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular Strong's 3027: A hand to the distaff בַכִּישׁ֑וֹר (ḇak·kî·šō·wr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3601: A director, the spindle, shank of a, distaff, by which it is twirled and grasps תָּ֣מְכוּ (tā·mə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close the spindle פָֽלֶךְ׃ (p̄ā·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6418: A circuit, a spindle, a crutch with her fingers. וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ (wə·ḵap·pe·hā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan Links Proverbs 31:19 NIVProverbs 31:19 NLT Proverbs 31:19 ESV Proverbs 31:19 NASB Proverbs 31:19 KJV Proverbs 31:19 BibleApps.com Proverbs 31:19 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 31:19 Chinese Bible Proverbs 31:19 French Bible Proverbs 31:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 31:19 She lays her hands to the distaff (Prov. 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