Proverbs 31:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

She is like the merchant ships— The woman of oeconomy is, with regard to her husband, like a ship which comes from foreign countries freighted with all kinds of wealth. She brings to her husband an abundance of goods of all sorts. Under the name of food, or bread, is comprehended provision in general. This verse might be paraphrased, "She lays up in her house all sorts of provisions, like a vessel, which, arriving from a long voyage, brings all kinds of precious merchandize." The LXX render it, She is like a merchant-vessel, which bringeth riches from afar. Calmet.