done virtuously This rendering, which recalls the same word in Proverbs 31:10 ("a woman of virtue," "have done virtue"), is much to be preferred to the rendering of LXX. and Vulg. and A.V. marg., gotten riches.

excellest them all Regarded as the commendation of her husband and children, this is true to nature, and it accords better with their partial, or at any rate limited view, than with the wider range of the author himself. "With him everyvirtuous woman would merit such meed of praise.

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