Proverbs Chapter 31 verse 23 Holy Bible
Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.
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Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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Her husband is respected in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
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Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - NUN. Her husband is known in the gates. Such a woman advances her husband's interests, increases his influence, and, by attending to his domestic concerns, enables him to take his share in public matters, so that his name is in great repute in the popular assemblies at the city gates (ver. 31; ch. 8:3). She is indeed "a crown to her husband" (ch. 12:4). When he sitteth among the elders of the land. Homer introduces Nausikaa speaking to her father of her duty to see that he is honourably clad when he goes to the council - Καὶ δὲ σοὶ αὐτῷ ἔοικε μετὰ πρώτοισιν ἐόνταΒουλὰς βουλεύειν καθαρὰ χροί εἵματ ἔχοντα('Odyssey,' 6:60.) "For our costly robes,All sullied now, the cleansing stream require;And thine especially, when thou appear'stIn council with the princes of the land,Had need be pure."(Cowper.) St. Gregory sees here an adumbration of the day of judgment: "For the Redeemer of mankind is the "Husband" of holy Church, who shows himself 'renowned' (nobilis, Vulgate) in the gates. Who first came in sight in degradation and in mockings, but shall appear on high at the entering in of his kingdom; and 'he sitteth among the elders of the land,' for that he shall decree sentence of condemnation together with the holy preachers of that same Church, as himself declares in the gospel (Matthew 19:28)" ('Moral.,' 6:9).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Her husband is known in the gates.--See above on Proverbs 22:22. Instead of being a hindrance to her husband's advancement, she furthers it. Her influence for good extends to him also. Having no domestic anxieties, he is set free to do his part in public life.