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12 She brings him profit, not loss,[a]
    all the days of her life.
13 She seeks out wool and flax
    and weaves with skillful hands.
14 Like a merchant fleet,[b]
    she secures her provisions from afar.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:12 Profit, not loss: a commercial metaphor.
  2. 31:14 Like a merchant fleet: she has her eye on the far horizon, like the ship of a merchant ready to bring supplies into her larder. It is the only simile (“like”) in the poem.

12 She brings him good, not harm,
    all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax
    and works with eager hands.(A)
14 She is like the merchant ships,
    bringing her food from afar.

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