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14 She is like merchant ships,
    accumulating a store of food from far off.
15 She rises while it is still dark[a]
    and apportions food for her household
    while assigning tasks to her servant girls.
16 She carefully chooses a field to purchase,
    and out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:15 She rises while it is still dark: in this respect, she is the exact opposite of the idler (see Prov 6:9-10; 20:13).
  2. Proverbs 31:16 She carefully chooses a field to purchase, and . . . she plants a vineyard: she shows good judgment.

14 She is like the merchant ships,
    bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still night;
    she provides food for her family
    and portions for her female servants.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
    out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

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