Proverbs 31:23

WEB

²³Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

KJV

²³Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

BSB

²³Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.

FBV

²³Her husband is well-respected in the council at the town gates, where he sits with the town elders.

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Extra References

Proverbs 12:4

⁴A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

Ruth 4:1

¹Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down.

Deuteronomy 16:18

¹⁸You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 21:19

¹⁹then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.

¹¹All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

Job 29:7

⁷when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

Proverbs 24:7

⁷Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.