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Proverbs 31:23

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Known in the gates, is her husband, when he sitteth, with the elders of the land:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth among the Elders of the land.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Her husband is known in cities, when he sits among the elders of the land.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And her husband becomes a distinguished [person] in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Her husband 1167
{1167} Prime
בַּעַל
ba`al
{bah'-al}
From H1166; a master; hence a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense.
is known 3045
{3045} Prime
ידע
yada`
{yaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.).
z8737
<8737> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 793
in the gates, 8179
{8179} Prime
שַׁעַר
sha`ar
{shah'-ar}
From H8176 in its original sense; an opening, that is, door or gate.
when he sitteth 3427
{3427} Prime
יָשַׁב
yashab
{yaw-shab'}
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
among x5973
(5973) Complement
עִם
`im
{eem}
From H6004; adverb or preposition, with (that is, in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English).
the elders 2205
{2205} Prime
זָקֵן
zaqen
{zaw-kane'}
From H2204; old.
of the land. 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31.


Proverbs 31:23

_ _ in the gates — (compare Proverbs 22:22). His domestic comfort promotes his advancement in public dignity.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 31:23

It known — Observed and respected, not only for his own worth, but for his wife's sake. Sitteth — In counsel or judgment.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 31:23

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

(l) In the assemblies and places of judgment.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
husband:

Proverbs 12:4 A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

in the:

Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Deuteronomy 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.
Deuteronomy 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;
Ruth 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.
Job 29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!
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Dt 16:18; 21:19. Ru 4:1. Jb 29:7. Pv 12:4; 24:7.

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