31:30 Charm is deceitful 1 and beauty is fleeting, 2
but a woman who fears the Lord 3 will be praised.
1 tn The first word of the twenty-first line begins with שׁ (shin), the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The graphic distinction between שׁ (shin) and שׂ (sin) had not been made at the time the book of Proverbs was written; that graphic distinction was introduced by the Masoretes, ca.
2 sn The verse shows that “charm” and “beauty” do not endure as do those qualities that the fear of the
3 sn This chapter describes the wise woman as fearing the