2/17/2024 0 Comments Women strength bible verse![]() Peace that affirms who God says I am, not what I am prone to believe I am. ![]() I don’t need a flick on the wrist or a self-inflicted put down to get right, I simply need peace. Oh, I know this inclination! But, more and more, I am convinced, I don’t need a makeover or a new hairstyle. It’s easy, on these days, to turn to action plans, to-do lists or a get-better schemes. Instead, I see the image of a woman who is flawed, faulted and failing. I look in the mirror, but his image I do not see. Some days, I know, I don’t look an iota like Jesus. Do all things with counsel drink wine with counsel." This seems to belong to the next verse.When I am at my worst, I doubt who I am. Septuagint, "Give not thy wealth unto women, nor thy mind, nor thy life unto remorse ( ὑστεροβολίαν). The Vulgate rendering, ad delendos reges, looks as if the warning was against making wars of conquest against neighbouring kings but this is not a satisfactory parallel to the former clause. Women are meant and the prince is enjoined not to surrender his life, conduct, and actions to the influence of women, who, both by the dissipation and sensuality which they occasion, and the quarrels which they provoke, and the evil counsels which they give, often ruin kings and states (see the injunction, Deuteronomy 17:11). Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings or, with a slight alteration in the punctuation (and an improved parallelism), to them that destroy kings "expugnatricibus regum," as Schultens terms them. The Septuagint has σὸν πλοῦτον the Vulgate, substantiam tuam but the prayerful, anxious mother would consider rather her son's personal well being than his worldly circumstances, which, indeed, an Eastern monarch's licentiousness would not necessarily impair. Chayil is "vigour," the bodily powers, which are sapped and enervated by sensuality. Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings. ![]() Give not thy strength to women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.ĭon’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. Never devote all your energy to sex, or dedicate your life to destroying kings.ĭo not give your strength to women, | And your ways to wiping away of kings.ĭo not give your vigor to women, or your strength to those who ruin kings.ĭo not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.ĭo not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.ĭon't give your strength to women or your power to those who ruin kings.ĭon't spend all your energy on sex and all your money on women they have destroyed kings. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel.ĭon't waste your life chasing after women! This has ruined many kings. Give not thy wealth to women, nor thy mind and living to remorse. Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.ĭo not give your strength to women and your ways for the provisions of Kings Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.ĭo not give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.ĭo not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings.ĭo not give your excellence to women, Or your ways to that which blots out kings.ĭo not give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.ĭon’t spend your energy on women or your efforts on those who destroy kings. Do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.ĭo not waste your strength on women, on those who ruin kings.ĭo not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.ĭo not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
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