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Proverbs 31:29

²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

²⁸ Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”

³⁰ Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

³¹ Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
KJV: Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
WEB: “Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”
ASV: Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.
DARBY: Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excellest them all.
BLB: “Many daughters have acted with worth, and you have gone up over them all.”

ÅB: Det finnes mange dyktige kvinner, men du overgår dem alle.
OTB: "Mange kvinner gjør edle ting, men du overgår dem alle."
B1930: Det finnes mange dyktige kvinner, men du overgår dem alle.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Song of Solomon 6:8–9
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
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Ephesians 5:27
and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
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