Proverbs 31:12

“She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

She will doe him good, and not euill, all the dayes of her life.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.
- American Standard Version (1901)

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.
- Basic English Bible

She doeth him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
- Darby Bible

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
- Webster's Bible

She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
- World English Bible

She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life.
- Youngs Literal Bible

She doeth him good and not evil all the days of her life.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 31:12


31:10 A virtuous woman - Here he lays down several qualifications of an excellent wife, which are delivered in alphabetical order, each verse beginning with a several letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

31:11 No need - He shall have no need to use indirect courses to get wealth.

31:13 Flax - That she may find employment for her servants. Worketh - She encourages them to work by her example; which was a common practice among princesses in those first ages. Not that it is the duty of kings and queens to use manual operations, but it is the duty of all persons, the greatest not excepted, to improve all their talents, and particularly their time, which is one of the noblest of them, to the service of that God to whom they must give an account, and to the good of that community to which they are related.

31:14 From afar - By the sale of her home - spun commodities she purchases the choicest goods which come from far countries.


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