Proverbs 31:15 (BSB)
She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
From Proverbs 31. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 31:15
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31: This description of the virtuous woman is designed to show what wives the women should make and what wives the men should choose; it consists of twenty-two verses, each beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order, as some of the Psalms, which makes some think it was no part of the lesson which Lemuel's mother taught him, but a poem by itself...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 31:15: She riseth also while it is yet night,.... That is, before the ascent of the morning, as Aben Ezra explains it, before break of day; a great while before day, as Christ is said to rise to pray, Mar 1:35; while it was yet dark; so the church here: which shows her affection for her family, her care of her children, and fervent zeal for...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 31:15: She diligently attends to expending as well as gathering wealth;
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 31:15: She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens. (i) She prepares their food early.