3114 From afar - By the sale of her home - spun commodities she purchases the choicest goods which come from far countries.

Merchant ship in the bible. She is like the trading-ships getting food from far away. For in a single hour she has been laid waste. And they threw the contents that were in the merchant ship into the sea to lighten it for them.

It originally meant a passenger on a ship but gradually became applied to the wholesale dealer as distinguished from a retailer. With silver iron tin and lead they traded in thy fairs. They traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

Bible in Basic English. But they could not Jonah 113. She is like the merchant ships abounding with treasure.

Her husband trusts her without reserve and never has reason to regret it. She is like merchant ships. The word merchant has had an interesting evolution.

The main ships in the Roman world were merchant ships and war-ships. She brings her households food from far away. Proverbs 3114 compares a godly woman to a merchant ship.

She is lxx εγενετο like merchant ships כאניות indeterminate and thus to be read koonıjoth ie she has the art of such ships as sail away and bring wares from a distance are equipped sent out and managed by an enterprising spirit. Ezekiel 2713 View whole chapter See verse in context. This means that she is diligent in providing what her family and others need even if it requires a difficult journey or many trips to stores to do so.