Mara
2009-11-26
Liebens quotes from the Bible: “A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.” Proverbs 12:4
I find it quite humorous that you quote this as some sort of proof of gender roles.
Did you know the Hebrew word translated virtuous is chayil (#2428 in a Strong’s Concordance) and it means…
a force, whether of men, means or other resources; and army, wealth, virtue, valor, stength- able active , band of men (soldiers), company (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, valiant, valour, virtuous, war, worthy…
It is the same word translated as valor and valiant concerning men in
Joshua 1:14; 2:6; 8:3; 10:7
2 Sam 11:16 1 Kings 11:28; 1 Chron 5:24
And so many more I’m getting exhausted at the thought of trying to type them all out for you. Look it up in your concordance.
Please look it up for yourself. Don’t take my word for it.
You use a verse that says a valiant women, an mighty woman of substance is a crown to her husband in the same post you declare Deborah, a mighty woman of valor, a product of her era that had confusion over gender roles.
There was no confusion.
The confusion comes when men try to discredit Deborah and her era concerning gender role because they are threatened by strong women.
Me thinks that if God has in His word, “a virtuous (valiant, valor, strong, able, force) woman, who can find. Her worth is far above jewels” (Pr31:10) that He must not be threatened by powerful women. Actually, He seems to be indicating that there aren’t enough powerful women because they seem hard to find.
Nor is He obssessing over gender roles. This obssessing is the product of the traditions of men.
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