19 She puts her hands to the distaff,
    and her hands hold the spindle.
20 She (A)opens her hand to (B)the poor
    and reaches out her hands to (C)the needy.
21 She is not afraid of snow for her household,
    for all her household are clothed in (D)scarlet.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:21 Or in double thickness

19 In her hand she holds the distaff
    and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
20 She opens her arms to the poor
    and extends her hands to the needy.(A)
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
    for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

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