Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. New Living Translation She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. English Standard Version She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. Berean Study Bible She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. King James Bible She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. New King James Version She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. New American Standard Bible She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. NASB 1995 She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. NASB 1977 She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. Amplified Bible She comforts, encourages, and does him only good and not evil All the days of her life. Christian Standard Bible She rewards him with good, not evil, all the days of her life. Holman Christian Standard Bible She rewards him with good, not evil, all the days of her life. American Standard Version She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life. Aramaic Bible in Plain English She has done good things for him and not bad things all the days of her life. Brenton Septuagint Translation For she employs all her living for her husband's good. Contemporary English Version She is good to him every day of her life, Douay-Rheims Bible She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. English Revised Version She doeth him good and not evil all the days of her life. Good News Translation As long as she lives, she does him good and never harm. GOD'S WORD® Translation She helps him and never harms him all the days of her life. International Standard Version She will bring good to him—never evil— every day of her life. JPS Tanakh 1917 She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life. Literal Standard Version She has done him good, and not evil, "" All [the] days of her life. NET Bible She brings him good and not evil all the days of her life. New Heart English Bible She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. World English Bible She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. Young's Literal Translation She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life. Additional Translations ... Context The Virtues of a Noble Woman…11The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. 12She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. 13She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.… Cross References Proverbs 31:11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. Proverbs 31:13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. Treasury of Scripture She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 1 Samuel 25:18-22,26,27 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses…
Verse 12. - GIMEL. She will do him good and not evil (comp. Ecclus. 26:1-3). She is consistent in her conduct towards her husband, always pursuing his best interests. All the days of her life; in good times or bad, in the early spring time of young affection, and in the waning years of declining age. Her love, based on high principles, knows no change or diminution. The old commentator refers to the conduct of St. Monies to her unbelieving and unfaithful husband, narrated by St. Augustine in his 'Confessions,' 9:9: "Having been given over to a husband, she served him as her lord; and busied herself to win him to thee, revealing thee to him by her virtues, in which thou madest her beautiful, and reverently amiable, and admirable to her husband." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew She will bring himגְּמָלַ֣תְהוּ (gə·mā·laṯ·hū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen good ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and not וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no harm רָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil all כֹּ֝֗ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the days יְמֵ֣י (yə·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day of her life. חַיֶּֽיה׃ (ḥay·yeh) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life Jump to Previous Evil Good Harm LifeJump to Next Evil Good Harm LifeLinks Proverbs 31:12 NIVProverbs 31:12 NLT Proverbs 31:12 ESV Proverbs 31:12 NASB Proverbs 31:12 KJV Proverbs 31:12 BibleApps.com Proverbs 31:12 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 31:12 Chinese Bible Proverbs 31:12 French Bible Proverbs 31:12 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Proverbs 31:12 She does him good and not harm (Prov. Pro Pr) |