Proverbs 31:23
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
- KJV
- Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
- WEB
- Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
- ASV
- Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
- DARBY
- Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
- BLB
- Her husband is known in the gates, in his sitting with the elders of the land.
- ÅB
- Hennes mann er kjent i byens porter, der han sitter sammen med landets eldste.
- OTB
- Hennes mann er respektert ved byens porter, der han sitter blant landets eldste.
- B1930
- Hennes mann er kjent i byens porter, der han sitter sammen med landets eldste.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Read in contextRuth 4:1
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Read in contextRuth 4:11
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
Read in contextJob 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:19
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Read in contextProverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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