Proverbs 31:23

Proverbs chapter 31 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.22She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

v.23This passage

v.24She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ruth 4:1

    Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near 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 forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

  • Ruth 4:11

    And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

  • Proverbs 24:7

    Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Proverbs 12:4

    A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

  • Deuteronomy 16:18

    Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.