Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. New Living Translation She goes to inspect a field and buys it; with her earnings she plants a vineyard. English Standard Version She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. Berean Standard Bible She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard. King James Bible She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. New King James Version She considers a field and buys it; From her profits she plants a vineyard. New American Standard Bible She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard. NASB 1995 She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard. NASB 1977 She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard. Legacy Standard Bible She makes plans for a field and buys it; From the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. Amplified Bible She considers a field before she buys or accepts it [expanding her business prudently]; With her profits she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard. Christian Standard Bible She evaluates a field and buys it; she plants a vineyard with her earnings. Holman Christian Standard Bible She evaluates a field and buys it; she plants a vineyard with her earnings. American Standard Version She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Aramaic Bible in Plain English She has looked at a field and bought it, and from the fruit of her hands she planted a vineyard. Brenton Septuagint Translation She views a farm, and buys it: and with the fruit of her hands she plants and a possession. Contemporary English Version She knows how to buy land and how to plant a vineyard, Douay-Rheims Bible She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. English Revised Version She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. GOD'S WORD® Translation "She picks out a field and buys it. She plants a vineyard from the profits she has earned. Good News Translation She looks at land and buys it, and with money she has earned she plants a vineyard. International Standard Version She evaluates a field and purchases it; from the proceeds she plants a vineyard. JPS Tanakh 1917 She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Literal Standard Version She has considered a field, and takes it, | She has planted a vineyard from the fruit of her hands. Majority Standard Bible She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard. New American Bible She picks out a field and acquires it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard. NET Bible She considers a field and buys it; from her own income she plants a vineyard. New Revised Standard Version She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. New Heart English Bible She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard. Webster's Bible Translation She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. World English Bible She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard. Young's Literal Translation She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Virtues of a Noble Woman…15She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants. 16She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard. 17She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.… Cross References Proverbs 31:15 She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants. Proverbs 31:17 She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong. Treasury of Scripture She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. considereth Joshua 15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? Song of Solomon 8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. Matthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. buyeth or taketh Jump to Previous Buyeth Buys Care Considered Considereth Considers Earnings Field Fruit Gets Hands Planted Planteth Planting Plants Price Profit Vine-Garden Vineyard WorkJump to Next Buyeth Buys Care Considered Considereth Considers Earnings Field Fruit Gets Hands Planted Planteth Planting Plants Price Profit Vine-Garden Vineyard WorkProverbs 31 1. Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance6. The afflicted are to be comforted and defended 10. The praise and properties of a good wife (16) She considereth a field.--Fixes upon a suitable one for purchase. With the fruit of her hands.--With her savings she buys a vineyard and stocks it. Verse 16. - ZAYIN. She considereth a field, and buyeth it. She turns her attention to a certain field, the possession of which is for some cause desirable; and, after due examination and consideration, she buys it. One is reminded of Christ's parable of the treasure hidden in a field, which the finder sold all that he had to purchase (Matthew 13:44). With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Her prudent management and economy give her means to buy vines and plant a vineyard, and thus to increase her produce. Possibly it is meant that she sees the field she has gotten is more fitted for grapes than corn, and she cultivates it accordingly. Virgil 'Georg.,' 2:229 -"Altera frumentis quoniam favet, altera Baccho, Hebrew She appraisesזָמְמָ֣ה (zā·mə·māh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2161: To consider, purpose, devise a field שָׂ֭דֶה (ḏeh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land and buys it; וַתִּקָּחֵ֑הוּ (wat·tiq·qā·ḥê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take from her earnings מִפְּרִ֥י (mip·pə·rî) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6529: Fruit she plants נָ֣טְעָה (nā·ṭə·‘āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant a vineyard. כָּֽרֶם׃ (kā·rem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3754: A garden, vineyard Links Proverbs 31:16 NIVProverbs 31:16 NLT Proverbs 31:16 ESV Proverbs 31:16 NASB Proverbs 31:16 KJV Proverbs 31:16 BibleApps.com Proverbs 31:16 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 31:16 Chinese Bible Proverbs 31:16 French Bible Proverbs 31:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 31:16 She considers a field and buys it (Prov. 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