Proverbs 31:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.”
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BSBPD
“She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 31:14 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 9:26King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
- 2 Chronicles 9:10(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
- Proverbs 31:24She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
- Proverbs 31:27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
- Ezekiel 27:3Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
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