Proverbs 31:16

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

American King James Version (AKJV)

She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

American Standard Version (ASV)

She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.

Webster's Revision

She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

World English Bible

She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

English Revised Version (ERV)

She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

Clarke's Proverbs 31:16 Bible Commentary

She considereth a field and buyeth it -

5. She provides for the growing wants of her family. More land will shortly be needed, for the family is growing up; and having seen a field contiguous to her own, which was on sale, she estimates its worth, and purchases it a good bargain; and she pays for it by the fruit of her own industry.

6. She does not restrict herself to the bare necessaries of life; she is able to procure some of its comforts. She plants a vineyard, that she may have wine for a beverage, for medicine, and for sacrifice. This also is procured of her own labor. Whatever goes out brings its worth in; and barter, not buying, is her chief mode of traffic.

Barnes's Proverbs 31:16 Bible Commentary

The verse points to a large sphere of feminine activity, strikingly in contrast with the degradation to which woman in the East has now fallen.

Wesley's Proverbs 31:16 Bible Commentary

31:16 Considereth - Whether it be fit for her use. The fruit - With the effects of her diligence. Planteth - She improves the land to the best advantage.