Proverbs 31:14 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.
English ASV
She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.
English Amplified
She is like the merchant ships loaded with foodstuffs; she brings her household's food from a far [country].
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
She is like the merchant ships loaded with foodstuffs; she brings her household's food from a far [country].
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from far away.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
She is like the merchants' ships: she bringeth her food from afar;
English EASY 2024
She brings special food from far away, like a ship that travels across the sea.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
She is like a ship from a faraway place. She brings home food from everywhere.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
She brings home food from out-of-the-way places, as merchant ships do.
English God's Word - GW 1995
She is like merchant ships. She brings her food from far away.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from far away.
English KJV 1611
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
English LSB
She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Like merchant ships, she secures her provisions from afar.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
She is like the ships of traders. She brings her food from far away.
English NIV
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
English NKJ 1982
She is like the merchant ships, She brings her food from afar.
English NLT
She is like a merchant's ship; she brings her food from afar.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
She is like the ships of the merchant, she brings her food from far away.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
She gives out revelation-truth to feed others. She is like a trading ship bringing divine supplies from the merchant.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
She is like the ships of the merchant, she brings her food from afar.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
She buys imported foods brought by ship from distant ports.
English Tyndale 1537
He. She is like the merchants' ship, that bringeth her vitailles from afar.(She is like a merchant's ship that bringeth her vitailles from far.)