| 1. | Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: |
| 2. | `What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows? |
| 3. | Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings. |
| 4. | Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink. |
| 5. | Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction. |
| 6. | Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, |
| 7. | He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again. |
| 8. | Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. |
| 9. | Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!' |
| 10. | A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies `is' her price. |
| 11. | The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not. |
| 12. | She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life. |
| 13. | She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh `with' her hands. |
| 14. | She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread. |
| 15. | Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels. |
| 16. | She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. |
| 17. | She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms. |
| 18. | She hath perceived when her merchandise `is' good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night. |
| 19. | Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff. |
| 20. | Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy. |
| 21. | She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed `with' scarlet. |
| 22. | Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple `are' her clothing. |
| 23. | Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land. |
| 24. | Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant. |
| 25. | Strength and honour `are' her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. |
| 26. | Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness `is' on her tongue. |
| 27. | She `is' watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not. |
| 28. | Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her, |
| 29. | `Many `are' the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.' |
| 30. | The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself. |
| 31. | Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates! |