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Proverbs 31:21

She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

KJV

Non timebit domui suæ a frigoribus nivis ; omnes enim domestici ejus vestiti sunt duplicibus.

Vulgate

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet.

ASV

לֹא תִירָ֣א לְ/בֵיתָ֣/הּ מִ/שָּׁ֑לֶג כִּ֥י כָל בֵּ֝יתָ֗/הּ לָבֻ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים

Hebrew

She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 110×
שָׁנִ֖י
shny
noun · 42×
שָּֽׁלֶג
shlg
noun · 20×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 1:24 — Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
  • Gen 45:22 — To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
  • Lam 4:5 — They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
  • Prov 25:20 — As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.