Proverbs 31:23
Good News Translation
Her husband is well known, one of the leading citizens.

New Revised Standard Version
Her husband is known in the city gates, taking his seat among the elders of the land.

Contemporary English Version
Her husband is a well-known and respected leader in the city.

New American Bible
Her husband is prominent at the city gates as he sits with the elders of the land.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Proverbs 12:4 The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth.

Deuteronomy 16:18 Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment,

Deuteronomy 21:19 They shall take him and bring him to the ancients of the city, and to the gate of judgment,

Ruth 4:1 Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.

Job 29:7 When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?

Context
The Virtues of a Noble Woman
22She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple, is her covering. 23Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.24She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:18
Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment,

Ruth 4:1
Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.

Ruth 4:2
And Booz, taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here.

Ruth 4:11
Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:

Proverbs 31:22
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