John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 31:18
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good ,.... That it turns to good account; that her trading to heaven is of great advantage; that she grows rich hereby; that her merchandise with Wisdom, or Christ, is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereby than fine gold; and though her voyages are attended with trouble and danger, yet are profitable, and therefore she is not discouraged, but determined to pursue them; she is like the merchant man, seeking goodly pearls, who... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 31:17
She girdeth her loins with strength ,.... Showing her readiness to every good work; and with what cheerfulness, spirit, and resolution, she set about it, and with what dispatch and expedition she performed it: the allusion is to the girding and tucking up of long garments, wore in the eastern countries, when any work was set about in earnest, which required dispatch; see Luke 17:8 ; the strength of creatures being in their loins, Job 40:16 ; the loins are sometimes put for strength, as... read more