The Meaning of Proverbs 31:11 Explained

Proverbs 31:11

KJV: The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

YLT: The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.

Darby: The heart of her husband confideth in her, and he shall have no lack of spoil.

ASV: The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The heart  of her husband  doth safely trust  in her, so that he shall have no need  of spoil. 

What does Proverbs 31:11 Mean?

Study Notes

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Trust is the characteristic O.T. word for the N.T. "faith," "believe." It occurs 152 times in the O.T., and is the rendering of Heb. words signifying to take refuge (e.g. Ruth 2:12 "to lean on" (e.g.) Psalms 56:3 "to roll on" (e.g.) Psalms 22:8 "to stay upon" (e.g.) Job 35:14 .

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 31:11 mean?

Safely trusts her the heart of her husband so gain no he will have lack of
בָּ֣טַח בָּ֭הּ לֵ֣ב בַּעְלָ֑הּ וְ֝שָׁלָ֗ל לֹ֣א יֶחְסָֽר

בָּ֣טַח  Safely  trusts 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּטוּחַ 
Sense: to trust.
בָּ֭הּ  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
לֵ֣ב  the  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
בַּעְלָ֑הּ  of  her  husband 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בָּעַל 
Sense: owner, husband, lord.
וְ֝שָׁלָ֗ל  so  gain 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁלָל  
Sense: prey, plunder, spoil, booty.
לֹ֣א  no 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יֶחְסָֽר  he  will  have  lack  of 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָסֵר  
Sense: to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need.

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