Proverbs 31:2
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
What, my sonne! and what, the sonne of my wombe! and what, the sonne of my vowes!
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- Isaiah 49:15Rank 1 from verse 2
15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
15†Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe? yea they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
- 1 Samuel 1:11Rank 2 from verse 2
11And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
11And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hostes, if thou wilt indeed looke on the affliction of thine handmayd, and remember me, and not forget thine handmayd, but wilt giue vnto thine handmayd †a man childe, then I will giue him vnto the LORD all the dayes of his life, and *there shall no rasor come vpon his head.
- 1 Samuel 1:28Rank 3 from verse 2
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Proverbs 31:2
1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.
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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.
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1. Solemn promises or pledges. 2. Solemnly promises or pledges.
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1THE words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
1¶ The wordes of King Lemuel, the prophecie that his mother taught him.
2What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
2What, my sonne! and what, the sonne of my wombe! and what, the sonne of my vowes!
Selected passage3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
3Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes to that which destroyeth kings.