Proverbs 31:30

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Proverbs 31:30


← Proverbs 31:29 Proverbs 31:30 (KJV) Proverbs 31:31 →
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

FavourH2580 is deceitfulH8267, and beautyH3308 is vainH1892: but a womanH802 that fearethH3373 the LORDH3068, she shall be praisedH1984.


Original Hebrew

שֶׁקֶר הַחֵן וְהֶבֶל הַיֹּפִי אִשָּׁה יִרְאַת־יְהוָה הִיא תִתְהַלָּל׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
שֶׁ֣קֶר
She.ker H8267 HNcmsa (is) deception
הַ֭/חֵן
Ha./chen H2580 HTd/Ncmsa (the)/ grace
וְ/הֶ֣בֶל
ve./He.vel H1892 HC/Ncmsa and/ (is) vanity
הַ/יֹּ֑פִי
hai./Yo.fi H3308 HTd/Ncmsa (the)/ beauty
אִשָּׁ֥ה
'i.Shah H802 HNcfsa a woman
יִרְאַת
yir.'at- H3373 HAafsc fearing
יְ֝הוָ֗ה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp (of) Yahweh
הִ֣יא
hi' H1931 HPp3fs she
תִתְהַלָּֽל
tit.ha.Lal H1984 HVti3fs she will be praised
Strong's References
  • H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ (ʼîysh) H376 or אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים (nâshîym);(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
  • H1892 — הֶבֶל (hebel, heh'bel): or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל (hăbêl); from הָבַל (hâbal) H1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
  • H1984 — הָלַל (hâlal, haw-lal'): a primitive root; to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify; (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
  • H2580 — חֵן (chên, khane): from חָנַן (chânan) H2603; graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty); favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H3308 — יֳפִי (yŏphîy, yof-ee'): from יָפָה (yâphâh) H3302; beauty; beauty.
  • H3373 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): from יָרֵא (yârêʼ) H3372; fearing; morally, reverent; afraid, fear (-ful).
  • H8267 — שֶׁקֶר (sheqer, sheh'-ker): from שָׁקַר (shâqar) H8266; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial); without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
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