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Proverbs 31:23

In Proverbs 31 of Proverbs.

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

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נוֹדָ֣עnodaknowיָדַעverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “know”, a verb used as a describing wordH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…בַּשְּׁעָרִ֣יםbasharimin doorשַׁעַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).בַּעְלָ֑הּbalahhusbandבַּעַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “husband”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)[phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath i…בְּ֝שִׁבְתּ֗וֹbeshivtvoin dwellיָשַׁבpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in dwell”, the to-form of the verbH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).זִקְנֵיziqneoldזָקֵןadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “old”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2205oldaged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Περίβλεπτος δὲ γίνεται ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἐν πύλαις, ἡνίκα ἂν καθίσῃ ἐν συνεδρίῳ μετὰ τῶν γερόντων κατοίκων τῆς γῆς.

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