The Meaning of Proverbs 31:19 Explained

Proverbs 31:19

KJV: She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

YLT: Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff.

Darby: She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

ASV: She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 31:19?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 31:19 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 31:19 mean?

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What is the context of Proverbs 31:19?

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 layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

What does Proverbs 31:19 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 31:19 mean?

Her hands she stretches out to the distaff and her hand holds the spindle

יָ֭דֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָ֣ה בַכִּישׁ֑וֹר וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ תָּ֣מְכוּ פָֽלֶךְ

יָ֭דֶיהָ	Her hands
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person feminine singular Root: יָד Sense: hand.
שִׁלְּחָ֣ה	she stretches out
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: שָׁלַח Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
בַכִּישׁ֑וֹר	to the distaff
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: כִּישֹׁור Sense: spindle-whorl, distaff.
וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ	and her hand
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, fdc, third person feminine singular Root: כַּף Sense: palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand.
תָּ֣מְכוּ	holds
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: תָּמַךְ Sense: to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast.
פָֽלֶךְ	the spindle
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: פֶּלֶךְ Sense: whirl of spindle, stick, district.

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Similar Scriptures for Proverbs 31:19

Exodus 35:25-26 [4]