Proverbs 31:23

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

Her husband is known in the gates, || In his sitting with [the] elderly of [the] land.

YLT

Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.

DBY

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

DRC

Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.

GNV

Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land.

JPS

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

LXXE

And her husband becomes a distinguished person in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

נוֹדָ֣ע בַּשְּׁעָרִ֣ים בַּעְלָ֑הּ בְּ֝שִׁבְתּ֗וֹ עִם־זִקְנֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br

Περίβλεπτος δὲ γίνεται ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἐν πύλαις, ἡνίκα ἂν καθίσῃ ἐν συνεδρίῳ μετὰ τῶν γερόντων κατοίκων τῆς γῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
• Ruth 4:1Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
• Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
• Ruth 4:11“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah…
• Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
• Deuteronomy 21:19his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
• Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

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