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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - Proverbs 31:17 - 31:17
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The poet has this augmented household wealth in his eye, for he continues:
17 ח She girdeth her loins with strength,
And moveth vigorously her arms.
Strength is as the girdle which she wraps around her body (Psa 93:1). We write חָֽגְרָה בְעוֹז; both words have Munach, and the ב of בעוז is aspirated. Thus girded with strength, out of this fulness of strength she makes firm or steels her arms (cf. Psa 89:22). The produce of the field and vineyard extend far beyond the necessity of her house; thus a great portion is brought to sale, and the gain thence arising stimulates the industry and the diligence of the unwearied woman.