 | 1836 - 498 pagina’s
...woven in the days of Solomon by one who well deserved the encomium of the royal preacher, 'Shelayeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff; she stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy : she is not afraid... | |
 | John Millar, John Craig - 1806 - 470 pagina’s
...planteth a vineyard. *' She perceiveth that her merchandise is good : " her candle goeth not out by night. " She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her " hands hold the distaff. " She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, " she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. " She is not... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1806 - 460 pagina’s
...aims. She p'-rceiveth that her merchandize .is good : her candle goeth not out by night. She lay«th her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth foith her hands to the needy. She is not afraid... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 374 pagina’s
...strengtheneth her arms. " She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her candle goeth not out by night. " She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. " She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. " She is not afraid... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pagina’s
...gives of a virtuous woman ; who seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands ; that she layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff; that she is not afraid of the snow, for her household are clothed with scarlet ; that she maketh fine... | |
 | 1812 - 680 pagina’s
...her husband doth safely trust in her ; she will do him good, and not evil , all the days of her life. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth forth her hand to the poor; yea she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. Her husband is... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 498 pagina’s
...among the Hebrews, appears in Solomon's portrait of a virtuous woman. " She seeketh wool and flax— she layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff." Both spindle and distaff were frequently dedicated to Minerva, the patroness of spinning, and of the... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pagina’s
...maidens. 16 She considereth a field and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planted] a vineyard. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth her hands t9 the needy. 21 She... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pagina’s
...virtuous domesticated woman — " She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands .... She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff " (Prov. xxxi. 1319). In Isaiah xlii. 3 we have " A bruised reed shall He not break, and the burning... | |
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She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. 
