Proverbs 31:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.

New Living Translation
She is energetic and strong, a hard worker.

English Standard Version
She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

Berean Study Bible
She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.

New American Standard Bible
She surrounds her waist with strength And makes her arms strong.

NASB 1995
She girds herself with strength And makes her arms strong.

NASB 1977
She girds herself with strength, And makes her arms strong.

Amplified Bible
She equips herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] And makes her arms strong.

Christian Standard Bible
She draws on her strength and reveals that her arms are strong.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She draws on her strength and reveals that her arms are strong.

Contemporary English Version
and she always works hard.

Good News Translation
She is a hard worker, strong and industrious.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She puts on strength like a belt and goes to work with energy.

International Standard Version
She clothes herself with fortitude, and fortifies her arms with strength.

NET Bible
She begins her work vigorously, and she strengthens her arms.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

New King James Version
She girds herself with strength, And strengthens her arms.

King James 2000 Bible
She girds her loins with strength, and strengthens her arms.

New Heart English Bible
She girds her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

World English Bible
She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

American King James Version
She girds her loins with strength, and strengthens her arms.

American Standard Version
She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.

A Faithful Version
She binds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong.

Darby Bible Translation
She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.

English Revised Version
She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.

Webster's Bible Translation
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength, and courageth hir armes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
She has girded her loins with might, "" And strengthens her arms.

Young's Literal Translation
She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.

Smith's Literal Translation
She girded her loins with strength, and she will strengthen her arms.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.

Catholic Public Domain Version
She has wrapped her waist with fortitude, and she has strengthened her arm.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
She has girt her waist with strength and has strengthened her arms.

Lamsa Bible
She girds her loins with strength, and strengthens her arms.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work.
















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