XIV
(1) Every wise woman buildeth her house. — This should be rendered, “The wisdom (literally, wisdoms; see above on Proverbs 1:20; chokhmôth should probably be read here, as there, not chokhmôth) of women buildeth (for each) her house, but (their) folly plucketh it down,” &c.
Buildeth her house. — Each person and each good work throughout the household grows, as it were, under her fostering hand. (Comp. Ephesians 2:21.)