King James Version
Proverbs 31:13 in the King James Version says “She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.”
Proverbs 31:13 · KJV
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“She seeketh”
H1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
“willingly”
H2656pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
“with her hands”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
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