| John Smith - Wool - 1747 - 538 pages
...Prov.xxxi. 4- The virtuous Woman feeketh Wool and Flax, ij,' 19. and worketh willingly with her Hands. She layeth her Hands to the Spindle, and her Hands hold the DiftafF. E*od. And all the Women that were wife-hearted, did fpin xxxv. 26, with their Hands, and brought... | |
| James Anderson - Scotland - 1722 - 440 pages
...riseth also while it is yet " night, giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her K maidens. She layeth her hands to the spindle ; and " her hands...distaff. She stretcheth out her " hand to the poor ; yea (lie reacheth her hands to ' •* the needy. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it j and ** delivereth... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...by night ; she takes as much of the night as can. 19 conveniently be spared from necessary sleefi. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. Ladies of the highest quality in the east were thus em/iloyed, as we find from many passages in Homer,... | |
| Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...to the inspection of an apostle. " She seekcth wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distan'. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. She riseth also while it... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1806 - 460 pages
...aims. She p'-rceiveth that her merchandize .is good : her candle goeth not out by night. She lay«th her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.....stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth foith her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household : for all her household... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 342 pages
...planleth a vineyard. T' She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. " She perceiveth that her merchandise is good ; her candle goeth not...her hands hold the distaff. " She stretcheth out her band to the poor ; yea she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. " She is not afraid ot the snow for... | |
| Isaac Taylor - 1811 - 258 pages
...times, and the description of a wise woman, Prov. xxxi. is, that " she riseth early even while it is yet night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness." Even the brute creatures... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pages
...gives of a virtuous woman ; who seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands ; that she layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff; that she is not afraid of the snow, for her household are clothed with scarlet ; that she maketh fine... | |
| 1812 - 680 pages
...her husband doth safely trust in her ; she will do him good, and not evil , all the days of her life. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth forth her hand to the poor; yea she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. Her husband is known in... | |
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