An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. Proverbs 31:10 ESV Excellent – Perhaps a bit better than “virtuous,” the ESV translation makes an attempt to teach that this particular wife is not measured simply on the basis of her morals. But the Hebrew word is far more than our…
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. Proverbs 31:10 ESV Excellent – Maybe we stumble around the real meaning of eshet-hayil because we don’t like the cultural implications, but “excellent wife” or “woman of virtue” or “wife of noble character” just doesn’t cut it. Eshet-hayil is a warrior! This…
“And now, daughter, have no fear. I will do in your behalf whatever you ask, for all the elders of the town know what a fine woman you are.” Ruth 3:11 JPS Fine woman – Why don’t we put this in its proper perspective? It might change how we feel about Ruth and Boaz. The…
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 Mighty God – Now we discover that this child is the champion of the universe,…
