Provérbios 31

13 She looks for wool and linen,

And works with her *31:13 Lit palmshands *31:13 Or willinglyin delight.

14 She is like merchant ships;

She brings her food from afar.

15 And she rises while it is still night

And gives food to her household,

And *31:15 Or prescribed tasksportions to her attendants.

16 She considers a field and buys it;

From *31:16 Lit the fruit of her palmsher earnings she plants a vineyard.

17 She surrounds her waist with strength

And makes her arms strong.

18 She senses that her profit is good;

Her lamp does not go out at night.

19 She stretches out her hands to the *31:19 I.e., the staff that holds the textile fibers for spinningdistaff,

And her *31:19 Lit palmshands grasp the spindle.

20 She *31:20 Lit spreads out her palmextends her hand to the poor,

And she stretches out her hands to the needy.