Proverbs 31:19
Good News Translation
She spins her own thread and weaves her own cloth.

New Revised Standard Version
She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

Contemporary English Version
She spins her own cloth,

New American Bible
She puts her hands to the distaff, and her fingers ply the spindle.

Douay-Rheims Bible
She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.

Exodus 35:25,26 The skilful women also gave such things as they had spun, violet, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, . . .

Context
The Virtues of a Noble Woman
18She hath tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night. 19She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.20She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:29
And may it come upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house: and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue of seed, or that is a leper, or that holdeth the distaff, or that falleth by the sword, or that wanteth bread.

Proverbs 31:18
She hath tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.

Proverbs 31:20
She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.

Proverbs 31:18
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