She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.
Ver. 22. Her clothing is silk and purple.] Suitable to her husband's condition, who is a principal man. Pro 31:23 That is excellent counsel that Tertullian gives women, Vestite vos serico pietatis, byssino sanctitatis, purpura pudicitiae: a Clothe yourselves with the silk of piety, with the satin of sanctity, with the purple of modesty, &c. See 1 Peter 3:3,4 .
a Lib. de cultu faem.