Verse 29
29. Many daughters That is, according to a well-known Hebrew idiom many women. This is generally regarded as the eulogium of the husband.
Have done virtuously Have done bravely, or worthily. It is the same word, hhayil, which we met in Proverbs 31:10. There the supposed writer wished for a wife of energy and capability: here he acknowledges that he has found one that displays these qualities in the highest degree.
Excellest them all Literally, hast ascended above them all ascended, that is, in the scale of the virtues and excellences of true, noble womanhood. עשׂו חיל , ( ‘ hasu hhayil,) rendered “hast done virtuously,” is sometimes translated, acquired wealth, gotten riches, but it is like our expression, “Has done well, or bravely,” which may be, and often is, applied to the acquisition of wealth, but not necessarily confined to this sense. Doubtless, this was included in the woman’s well-doing. But this was only a part.
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