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Proverbs 31:21

Proverbs 31:21
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

She is not afraid of the snow for her household,.... That her family should suffer through the rigour of a cold season, when it is frost and snow;

for all her household are clothed with scarlet: the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Scarlet - Probably some well-known articles of dress, at once conspicuous for their color, or, as some think, for their double texture and warmth.

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

scarlet It has been proposed to change the Heb. vowel-points and render, doublegarments, or garments of doubletexture and warmth, δισσὰς χλαίνας, LXX; duplicibus, Vulg. There is no reason, however, to…

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