Proverbs 31:14
Strong's Lexicon
She is
הָ֭יְתָה (hā·yə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

like the merchant
סוֹחֵ֑ר (sō·w·ḥêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5503: 1) to go around, go about, travel about in, go about in trade 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go about to and fro (in business) 1a2) trader, trafficker (participle) 1b) (Pilpel) to palpitate

ships,
כָּאֳנִיּ֣וֹת (kā·’o·nî·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 591: 1) ship 1a) men of ships, seamen

bringing
תָּבִ֥יא (tā·ḇî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

her food
לַחְמָֽהּ׃ (laḥ·māh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: 1) bread, food, grain 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general)

from afar.
מִ֝מֶּרְחָ֗ק (mim·mer·ḥāq)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4801: 1) distant place, distance, far country

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

Young's Literal Translation
She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from far away.

New American Standard Bible
She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar.

King James Bible
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

New Living Translation
She is like a merchant's ship, bringing her food from afar.

English Standard Version
She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar.

New American Standard Bible
She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar.

King James Bible
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from far away.

International Standard Version
She is like a seagoing ship that brings her food from far away.

NET Bible
She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.

American Standard Version
She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

English Revised Version
She is like the merchant-ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

Young's Literal Translation
She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.
















Cross References
Proverbs 31:13
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 31:12
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Proverbs 31:11
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

Proverbs 31:15
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

Proverbs 31:16
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

Proverbs 31:17
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
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