What Does Proverbs 31:21 Mean in the King James?
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The snow is real, but it does not find her household uncovered.
THE MEANING
The verse speaks now of a household already clothed for the season that comes. Its confidence rests in their covered condition, not in winter’s absence. The hard weather does not disappear, but it does not meet them unprotected.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A hard season does not necessarily mean the people in your care are exposed to it.
THE ROOT
לָבֻשׁ
lavush
GROWS FROM
לבש
To put on clothing; to clothe.
The Hebrew word pictures the household as wearing its covering, not merely hoping winter will pass them by. The snow remains, while the condition of those inside the house has changed: they are clothed.
ALSO GROWS
labash: To put on or clothe.
לָבַשׁ
The verb makes clothing an act that changes how a person meets the conditions around them.
levush: Garment or clothing.
לְבוּשׁ
This noun names the covering worn; it shows the shared root holding both the act of clothing and what is worn.
malbush: Garment or attire.
מַלְבּוּשׁ
This related word keeps the same idea of a covering carried on the body, making the household’s protection tangible.
THE PATTERN
A season’s threat meets a different household when its people are already clothed.
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?THE THREAD
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.The Hebrew verb translated “clothed” here comes from לבש (labash), the same root used when God “clothed” Adam and his wife. In both verses, the covering is concrete: it changes what exposure means for the people within the household.
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