The Meaning of Proverbs 31:16 Explained

Proverbs 31:16

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

YLT: She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

Darby: She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 31:16?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 31:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 31:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 31:16?

What is the context of Proverbs 31:16?

The Woman Who Fears the Lord (Proverbs 31:10-31)
Description of a Worthy Woman (Proverbs 31:10-31)
In Praise of a Capable Wife (Proverbs 31:10-31)
A Wife of Noble Character (Proverbs 31:10-31)
Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character (Proverbs 31:10-31)
An Excellent Woman .[ f .] (Proverbs 31:10-31)
The Virtuous Wife (Proverbs 31:10-31)
The Honorable Woman (Proverbs 31:10-31)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 31:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 31:10-31 - "her Works Praise Her"

The ideal woman, as portrayed here, is a wife. She is the stay and confidence of her husband. Not only when she comes as a young bride into his home, in the glory and beauty of her youth, nor only when her womanly beauty holds his admiration, but long after and to the end of life she does him good. She is always busy. She is thrifty in administering his earnings. If he brings the money to her, she expends it economically for their common weal. When a friend of mine was sixty, his wife came to him with an annuity which she had purchased for them both, by her wise administration of the money entrusted to her through forty years of married life.

It is in the home-place that the man's strength is gathered for public life. The woman in the home communicates the inspiration and strength which make him "known in the gates." Her secret, unobtrusive loyalty, counsel, and thrift inspire a growing depth of appreciation; so that the man who chose her in the spring will say of her amid the snows of age, "Other women may be good and true, but "˜thou excellest them all.'" [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 31

¹ Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance
⁶ The afflicted are to be comforted and defended
¹⁰ The praise and properties of a good wife

What do the individual words in Proverbs 31:16 mean?

She considers a field and buys it from profits her - she plants a vineyard

זָמְמָ֣ה שָׂ֭דֶה וַתִּקָּחֵ֑הוּ מִפְּרִ֥י כַ֝פֶּ֗יהָ [נטע] (נָ֣טְעָה) כָּֽרֶם

זָמְמָ֣ה	She considers
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: זָמַם Sense: to have a thought, devise, plan, consider, purpose.
שָׂ֭דֶה	a field
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׂדֶה Sense: field, land.
וַתִּקָּחֵ֑הוּ	and buys it
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מִפְּרִ֥י	from profits
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: פְּרִי Sense: fruit.
כַ֝פֶּ֗יהָ	her
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person feminine singular Root: כַּף Sense: palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand.
[נטע]	-
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
(נָ֣טְעָה)	she plants
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: נָטַע Sense: to plant, fasten, fix, establish.
כָּֽרֶם	a vineyard
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כֶּרֶם Sense: vineyard.

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Similar Scriptures for Proverbs 31:16

		Matthew 13:44 [4]
		Joshua 15:18 [2]
		Song of Solomon 8:12 [2]