LISTEN
NASB:
An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels.
NIV:
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
Observations:
Who can find an excellent wife or wife of noble character (NIV)?
An excellent wife is worth far more than jewels, rubies.
Takeaways:
This is the beginning of the epilogue of the book of Proverbs in which King Lemuel talks about the kind of wife men should seek.
He begins a lengthy list of attributes and characteristics by noting the rareness of a wife of excellent or noble character, even asking if such a woman could be found.
He says to find a wife of noble or excellent character is to find something worth more than jewels, specifically rubies (NIV).
