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Proverbs 31:28

Her children say good things about her. Her husband brags about her and says,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Economics;   Parents;   Poetry;   Wife;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Family;   Home;   Joys, Family;   Woman;   The Topic Concordance - Praise;   Virtue;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Industry;   Parents;   Wives;   Woman;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Lemuel;   Letters;   Proverb, the Book of;   Woman;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Praise;   Wife;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Beauty;   Praise;   Woman;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Wife;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Education;   Lemuel;   Marriage;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acrostic;   Proverbs, Book of;   Wisdom and Wise Men;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ethics;   Marriage;   Massa;   Song of Songs;   Trade and Commerce;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Home (2);   Parents (2);   Sirach;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mother;   Poetry;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Writing;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Relationships, Family;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Acrostics;   Monogamy;   Poetry;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Her children rise up and call her blessed;her husband also praises her:
Hebrew Names Version
Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
King James Version
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
English Standard Version
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
New American Standard Bible
Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
New Century Version
Her children speak well of her. Her husband also praises her,
Amplified Bible
Her children rise up and call her blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired); Her husband also, and he praises her, saying,
World English Bible
Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Her children rise vp, and call her blessed: her husband also shall prayse her, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Her children rise up and bless her;As for her husband, he also praises her, saying:
Berean Standard Bible
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
Contemporary English Version
Her children praise her, and with great pride her husband says,
Complete Jewish Bible
ק Her children arise; they make her happy; her husband too, as he praises her:
Darby Translation
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her:
George Lamsa Translation
Her children rise up and call her blessed; and her husband also praises her.
Good News Translation
Her children show their appreciation, and her husband praises her.
Lexham English Bible
Her children rise and consider her happy, her husband also, and he praises her;
Literal Translation
Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also , for he praises her:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Hir children arise & call hir blessed, & hir hu?bande maketh moch of her.
American Standard Version
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praiseth her, saying:
Bible in Basic English
Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her:
King James Version (1611)
Her children arise vp, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Her children arise vp & call her blessed: and her husbande shall make much of her.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And her kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, and her husband praises her.
English Revised Version
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her, saying:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Hir sones risiden, and prechiden hir moost blessid; hir hosebonde roos, and preiside hir.
Update Bible Version
Her sons rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praises her, [saying]:
Webster's Bible Translation
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.
New English Translation
Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also praises her:
New King James Version
Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her:
New Living Translation
Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her:
New Life Bible
Her children rise up and honor her. Her husband does also, and he praises her, saying:
New Revised Standard
Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband too, and he praises her:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Her children rise up, and call her happy! her husband, and he praiseth her: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.
Revised Standard Version
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
Young's Literal Translation
Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:

Contextual Overview

10 How hard it is to find the perfect wife. She is worth far more than jewels. 11 Her husband depends on her. He will never be poor. 12 She does good for her husband all her life. She never causes him trouble. 13 She is always gathering wool and flax and enjoys making things with her hands. 14 She is like a ship from a faraway place. She brings home food from everywhere. 15 She wakes up early in the morning, cooks food for her family, and gives the servants their share. 16 She looks at land and buys it. She uses the money she has earned and plants a vineyard. 17 She works very hard. She is strong and able to do all her work. 18 She works late into the night to make sure her business earns a profit. 19 She makes her own thread and weaves her own cloth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

children: Proverbs 31:1, 1 Kings 2:19, Psalms 116:16, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:15-17

her husband: Song of Solomon 7:1-9, Isaiah 62:4, Isaiah 62:5, *marg.

Reciprocal: Genesis 30:13 - Happy am I Genesis 48:12 - he bowed himself 2 Samuel 14:22 - thanked Psalms 127:4 - so are children Song of Solomon 6:9 - The daughters 1 Corinthians 11:2 - I praise 1 Timothy 5:4 - learn

Cross-References

Genesis 29:13
When Laban heard the news about his sister's son Jacob, he ran to meet him. Laban hugged him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban everything that had happened.
Genesis 31:3
The Lord said to Jacob, "Go back to your own land where your ancestors lived. I will be with you."
Genesis 31:13
I am the God who came to you at Bethel, and there you made an altar, poured olive oil on it, and made a promise to me. Now I want you to be ready to go back to the country where you were born.'"
Genesis 31:24
That night God came to Laban in a dream and said, "Be careful! Be careful of every word you say to Jacob."
Genesis 31:55
Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye. He blessed them and went back home.
Exodus 4:27
The Lord had spoken to Aaron and told him, "Go out into the desert and meet Moses." So Aaron went and met Moses at the Mountain of God. He saw Moses and kissed him.
Ruth 1:9
I pray that the Lord will help each of you find a husband and a good home." Naomi kissed her daughters-in-law, and they all started crying.
Ruth 1:14
So again they cried very much. Then Orpah kissed Naomi goodbye, but Ruth hugged her and stayed.
1 Samuel 13:13
Samuel said, "You did a foolish thing. You did not obey the Lord your God. If you had done what he commanded, the Lord would have let your family rule Israel forever.
1 Kings 19:20
Elisha immediately left his oxen and ran after Elijah. Elisha said, "Let me kiss my mother and father goodbye. Then I will follow you." Elijah answered, "You can do that. I will not stop you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Her children arise up,.... As olive plants around her table; grow up to maturity of age, and ripeness of judgment, and so capable of observing things, and doing the work here ascribed to them: or they rise up in reverence of her, and respect to her, suitable to the relation they stand in to her: or rather it signifies their readiness to show a regard unto her, and their setting about the work of commendation of her in earnest: or else their earliness in doing it; they rise in the morning, as Aben Ezra's note is; her lamp not being extinct in the night. Jarchi interprets these "children" of disciples; but they are to be understood of regenerate persons, young converts, born in Zion, and brought up by her; the children of that Jerusalem that is the mother of us all, Isaiah 54:1;

and call her blessed; bless God for her, for such a mother, and wish themselves as happy as she is; they pray for her blessedness, peace, and prosperity, as all Zion's children should, Psalms 122:6; they pronounce her blessed, as well they may, since she is blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ; and so are all in her family that truly belong to her, her children and her servants, Psalms 84:4; see Song of Solomon 6:9;

her husband [also], and he praiseth her; that is, he is ready also to rise up and speak in her praise and commendation. Jarchi says this is the holy blessed God. Christ is the church's husband, who is her Maker;

Song of Solomon 6:9- :; he praises her for her beauty, though she owes it all to him; for her comely parts and gracefulness, which he describes with wonder; for her dress, her garments, though they are his own; for her faith, love, humility, and other graces, though they are his gifts; see Song of Solomon 1:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 31:28. Her children arise up, and call her blessed

20. She considers a good education next to Divine influence; and she knows also that if she train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it.

1) Her children are well bred; they rise up and pay due respect.

2) They are taught the fear of the Lord, and obedience to his testimonies; therefore they call her blessed. So they are of a decent, orderly, respectable, religious behaviour.

3) Her husband is so satisfied with her conduct towards himself, his household, his business, and their children, that he praiseth her. He shows himself sensible of her excellence, and encourages her, in her work, by the commendations he bestows.


 
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