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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Proverbs 31:28

Her children arise vp, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

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:
Easy-to-Read Version
Her children say good things about her. Her husband brags about her and says,
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:
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 Who can finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue Rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doeth safely trust in her, so that he shall haue no need of spoile. 12 She will doe him good, and not euill, all the dayes of her life. 13 She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants ships, she bringeth her food from afarre. 15 Shee riseth also while it is yet night, and giueth meate to her household, and a portion to her maydens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her handes she planteth a Uineyard. 17 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes. 18 She perceiueth that her merchandise is good; her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her handes to the spindle, and her handes hold the distaffe.

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
And it came to passe, when Laban heard the tidings of Iacob his sisters sonne, that he ranne to meete him, and imbraced him, and kissed him, & brought him to his house: and hee tolde Laban all these things.
Genesis 31:3
And the LORD said vnto Iacob, Returne vnto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I wil be with thee.
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where thou annoyntedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow vnto mee: now arise, get thee out from this land, and returne vnto the land of thy kindred.
Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dreame by night, and saide vnto him, Take heed that thou speake not to Iacob either good or bad.
Genesis 31:55
And earely in the morning, Laban rose vp and kissed his sonnes, and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned vnto his place.
Exodus 4:27
And the Lord said to Aaron, Goe into the wildernesse to meete Moses. And hee went and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
Ruth 1:9
The Lord graunt you, that you may finde rest each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lift vp their voyce and wept.
Ruth 1:14
And they lift vp their voyce, and wept againe: and Orpah kissed her mother in law, but Ruth claue vnto her.
1 Samuel 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandement of the Lord thy God, which hee commanded thee: for now would the Lord haue established thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer.
1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen, and ranne after Eliiah, and said, Let mee, I pray thee, kisse my father and my mother, and then I wil follow thee: and he said vnto him, Goe backe againe; for what haue I done to thee?

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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