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Proverbs 31:21–24

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21She is not afraid of the snow for her household:

For all her household are clothed with ||hscarlet.

22She maketh herself icoverings of tapestry;

Her clothing is ksilk and lpurple.

23mHer husband is known nin the gates,

nWhen he sitteth among the elders of the land.

24She maketh ofine linen, and selleth it;

And delivereth girdles unto the pmerchant.

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Footnotes

  1. ||Or, double garments.
  2. hSo 2 Sam. 1:24.
  3. ich. 7:16.
  4. kGen. 41:42, text rather than marg. Comp. Rev. 19:8, 14.
  5. lSee Judg. 8:26.
  6. mch. 12:4.
  7. oSee Judg. 14:12 marg.
  8. pSee Job 41:6.

Cross references

  1. nRuth 3:11. & 4:1, 2.
  2. nRuth 3:11. & 4:1, 2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

She is not afraid of snow for her household,

for all her household are clothed in scarlet.

She makes bed coverings for herself;

her clothing is fine linen and purple.

Her husband is known in the gates

when he sits among the elders of the land.

She makes linen garments and sells them;

she delivers sashes to the merchant.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When it snows, she has no fear for her household;

for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

She makes coverings for her bed;

she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

Her husband is respected at the city gate,

where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

She makes linen garments and sells them,

and supplies the merchants with sashes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

She is not afraid for her household when it snows,

for all in her household are doubly clothed.

She makes her own bed coverings;

her clothing is fine linen and purple.

Her husband is known at the city gates,

where he sits among the elders of the land.

She makes and sells linen garments;

she delivers belts to the merchants.

NLTNew Living Translation

She has no fear of winter for her household,

for everyone has warm clothes.

She makes her own bedspreads.

She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns.

Her husband is well known at the city gates,

where he sits with the other civic leaders.

She makes belted linen garments

and sashes to sell to the merchants.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

She does not fear for her house when it snows,

for her entire household is clothed in crimson.

She makes for herself coverings;

her clothing is fine linen and purple.

Her husband is known at the gates,

in his seat among the elders of the land.

Linen garments she makes and sells,

and she supplies sashes for the merchants.