Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Who can find a capable wife?
She is far more precious than jewels.

New American Standard Bible

An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.

King James Version

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

International Standard Version

Who can find a capable wife? Her value far exceeds the finest jewels.

A Conservative Version

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

American Standard Version

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

Amplified


An excellent woman [one who is spiritual, capable, intelligent, and virtuous], who is he who can find her?
Her value is more precious than jewels and her worth is far above rubies or pearls.

Bible in Basic English

Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

Darby Translation

Who can find a woman of worth? for her price is far above rubies.

Julia Smith Translation

Who shall find a woman of virtue? for her price is far above pearls.

King James 2000

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A woman of excellence, who will find? For her worth [is] far more than precious jewels.

Modern King James verseion

Who can find a woman of virtue? For her value is far above rubies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso findeth a honest faithful woman, she is much more worth than pearls.

NET Bible

Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.

New Heart English Bible

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

The Emphasized Bible

A virtuous woman, who can find? for, far beyond corals, is her worth.

Webster

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

World English Bible

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Youngs Literal Translation

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies is her price.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

חיל 
Chayil 
Usage: 243

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

מכר 
meker 
pay for it, price, ware
Usage: 3

is far
רחק רחוק 
Rachowq 
Usage: 85

Devotionals

Devotionals about Proverbs 31:10

Images Proverbs 31:10

Prayers for Proverbs 31:10

Context Readings

An Excellent Woman

9 Speak up, judge righteously,
and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.
10 Who can find a capable wife?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will not lack anything good.


Cross References

Ruth 3:11

Now don’t be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you say, since all the people in my town know that you are a woman of noble character.

Proverbs 12:4

A capable wife is her husband’s crown,
but a wife who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 19:14

A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a sensible wife is from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:22

A man who finds a wife finds a good thing
and obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 8:11

For wisdom is better than jewels,
and nothing desirable can compare with it.

Job 28:18

Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning.
The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.

Proverbs 3:15

She is more precious than jewels;
nothing you desire compares with her.

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold and a multitude of jewels,
but knowledgeable lips are a rare treasure.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.

Song of Songs 6:8-9

There are 60 queens
and 80 concubines
and young women without number.

Ephesians 5:25-33

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

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