The appreciation to “a virtuous woman” in Proverb 31:10-31 tend to be interpreted by patriarchal perspectives. Such interpretations view a virtuous woman as someone who should benefit man. This article intends to seek a fresh reading of Proverbs 31:10-31 by a feminist perspective. The method used to produce this reading is a feminist hermeneutics approach, which applies three steps of analysis: hermeneutics of suspicion, hermeneutics of remembrance, and hermeneutics of liberation. The result of this research is that the appreciation to women in Proverbs 31:10-31 should not be used as a means to legitimize male domination by shackling women in an ideal image that only benefits men, but rather as a means of remembering the women’s suffering and fighting power, as well as triggering creative efforts for women's liberation so that they can actualize their own potential. AbstrakPujian terhadap “istri yang cakap” di dalam Amsal 31:10-31 cenderung ditafsirkan dari sudut pandang patriakal. Tafsir yang demikian memandang istri yang cakap sebagai perempuan yang seharusnya menguntungkan laki-laki. Tulisan ini bermaksud memberikan pembacaan terhadap Amsal 31:10-31 dari sudut pandang feminis. Metode yang digunakan untuk menghasilkan pembacaan tersebut adalah dengan pendekatan hermeneutik Feminis, yang menerapkan tiga langkah analisis: hermeneutik kecurigaan, hermeneutik ingatan, dan hermeneutik pembebasan. Hasil penelitian ini adalah bahwa pujian terhadap perempuan dalam Amsal 31:10-31 semestinya tidak dijadikan sebagai sarana untuk melegitimasi dominasi laki-laki dengan membelenggu perempuan pada gambaran ideal yang hanya menguntungkan laki-laki, melainkan untuk dijadikan sebagai sarana mengingat derita dan daya juang perempuan serta memicu upaya kreatif untuk pembebasan perempuan agar dapat mengaktualisasikan potensi dirinya sendiri.
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