The Meaning of Proverbs 31:29 Explained

Proverbs 31:29

KJV: Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

YLT: Many are the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'

Darby: Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excellest them all.

ASV: Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 31:29?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 31:29 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 31:29 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 31:29?

What is the context of Proverbs 31:29?

The Honorable Woman (Proverbs 31:10-31)
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)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

What does Proverbs 31:29 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 31:29 mean?

Many daughters have done well but you excel on them them all

רַבּ֣וֹת בָּ֭נוֹת עָ֣שׂוּ חָ֑יִל וְ֝אַ֗תְּ עָלִ֥ית עַל־ כֻּלָּֽנָה

רַבּ֣וֹת	Many
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural Root: רַב Sense: much, many, great.
בָּ֭נוֹת	daughters
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
עָ֣שׂוּ	have done
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
חָ֑יִל	well
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חַיִל Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
וְ֝אַ֗תְּ	but you
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person feminine singular Root: אַתְּ Sense: you (second pers.
עָלִ֥ית	excel
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person feminine singular Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עַל־	on them
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֻּלָּֽנָה	them all
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine plural Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.

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Similar Scriptures for Proverbs 31:29

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