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Proverbs 31:17

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

She girdeth her loins with strength,.... Showing her readiness to every good work; and with what cheerfulness, spirit, and resolution, she set about it, and with what dispatch and expedition she…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 31:10-31

This description of the virtuous woman is designed to show what wives the women should make and what wives the men should choose; it consists of twenty-two verses, each beginning with a letter of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Proverbs 31:10-31

VIII. The Virtuous Woman. Chap. Pro 31:10-31

This short Appendix differs from the other Sections of the Book of Proverbs in having one subject throughout, and in being in form acrostic or…