The Meaning of Proverbs 31:31 Explained

Proverbs 31:31

KJV: Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

YLT: Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

Darby: Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

ASV: Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.

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

MEANING: What does Proverbs 31:31 Mean?

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Give  her of the fruit  of her hands;  and let her own works  praise  her in the gates. 

What does Proverbs 31:31 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 31:31 mean?

Give her of the fruit of her hands and let praise her in the gates her own works
תְּנוּ־ לָ֭הּ מִפְּרִ֣י יָדֶ֑יהָ וִֽיהַלְל֖וּהָ בַשְּׁעָרִ֣ים מַעֲשֶֽׂיהָ

תְּנוּ־  Give 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לָ֭הּ  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
מִפְּרִ֣י  of  the  fruit 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פְּרִי  
Sense: fruit.
יָדֶ֑יהָ  of  her  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
וִֽיהַלְל֖וּהָ  and  let  praise  her 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person feminine singular
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.
בַשְּׁעָרִ֣ים  in  the  gates 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
מַעֲשֶֽׂיהָ  her  own  works 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעֲשֶׂה  
Sense: deed, work.

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