Proverbs 31:18
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
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Gill's Exposition
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good,.... That it turns to good account; that her trading to heaven is of great advantage; that she grows rich hereby; that her merchandise with Wisdom, or…
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
perceiveth Lit. tasteth, A.V. margin (ἐγεύσατο, LXX.; gustavit, Vulg.), finds by experience.
good i.e. profitable, R.V. Comp. "better than the merchandise of silver," Pro 3:14.
her candle Rather,…
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