Proverbs 31:23
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Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.

husband

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

in the

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:

Lexicon
Her husband
בַּעְלָ֑הּ (ba‘·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1167: A master, a husband, owner

is known
נוֹדָ֣ע (nō·w·ḏā‘)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

at the city gate,
בַּשְּׁעָרִ֣ים (baš·šə·‘ā·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

where he sits
בְּ֝שִׁבְתּ֗וֹ (bə·šiḇ·tōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

among
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

the elders
זִקְנֵי־ (ziq·nê-)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old

of the land.
אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

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

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

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

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

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

Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

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