Proverbs 31:23
נוֹדָע בַּשְּׁעָרִים בַּעְלָהּ בְּשִׁבְתּוֹ עִם ־ זִקְנֵי ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
In Context
22מַרְבַדִּים עָֽשְׂתָה ־ לָּהּ שֵׁשׁ וְאַרְגָּמָן לְבוּשָֽׁהּ ׃
24סָדִין עָשְׂתָה וַתִּמְכֹּר וַחֲגוֹר נָתְנָה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽי ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:19וְתָפְשׂוּ בוֹ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ וְהוֹצִיאוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל ־ זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ וְאֶל ־ שַׁעַר מְקֹמֽוֹ ׃
Ruth 4:11וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר ־ בַּשַּׁעַר וְהַזְּקֵנִים עֵדִים יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֶֽת ־ הָאִשָּׁה הַבָּאָה אֶל ־ בֵּיתֶךָ כְּרָחֵל ׀ וּכְלֵאָה אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ שְׁתֵּיהֶם אֶת ־ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וַעֲשֵׂה ־ חַיִל בְּאֶפְרָתָה וּקְרָא ־ שֵׁם בְּבֵית לָֽחֶם ׃
Proverbs 12:4אֵֽשֶׁת ־ חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ וּכְרָקָב בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו מְבִישָֽׁה ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:11-31
The Virtuous Woman. 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field,… Read the whole commentary →