24She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-31)This description of the virtuous woman is designed to show what wives the women should make and what wives the men should choose; it consists of twenty-two verses, each beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order, as some of the Psalms , which makes some think it was no part of the lesson which Lemuel’s mother taught him, but a poem by itself, written by some other hand, and perhaps ha…
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