Proverbs 31:17 “She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.”

Proverbs 31:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

World English Bible

She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.

Bible in Basic English

She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.

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Cross references

“girdeth”

Job 38:3 Ephesians 6:10 1 Peter 1:13 1 Kings 18:46 Luke 12:35 Ephesians 6:14

Job 38:3 · BSB

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

Ephesians 6:10 · BSB

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

1 Peter 1:13 · BSB

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Kings 18:46 · BSB

And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

Luke 12:35 · BSB

Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

Ephesians 6:14 · BSB

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

“strengtheneth”

Isaiah 44:12 Genesis 49:24 Hosea 7:15

Isaiah 44:12 · BSB

The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.

Genesis 49:24 · BSB

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Hosea 7:15 · BSB

Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.

18She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

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