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Proverbs 31:25

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31:25She is clothed59 with strength60 and honor,61

and she can laugh62 at the time63 to come.

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Proverbs 31:25: Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.

Footnotes

  1. 59 The idea of clothing and being clothed is a favorite figure in Hebrew. It makes a comparison between wearing clothes and having strength and honor. Just as clothes immediately indicate something of the nature and circumstances of the person, so do these virtues.
  2. 60 The first word of the sixteenth line begins with ע (ayin), the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  3. 61 This word appears in Ps 111:3 which says that the Lord’s work is honorable, and here the woman is clothed with strength and honor.
  4. 62 Here “laugh” is either a metonymy of adjunct or effect. The point is that she is confident for the future because of all her industry and planning.
  5. 63 Heb “day.” This word is a metonymy of subject meaning any events that take place on the day or in the time to come.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Strength and dignity are her clothing,

and she laughs at the time to come.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

She is clothed with strength and dignity;

she can laugh at the days to come.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Strength and honor are her clothing,

and she can laugh at the time to come.

NLTNew Living Translation

She is clothed with strength and dignity,

and she laughs without fear of the future.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Strength and dignity are her clothing,

and she laughs at the future.

KJV 1900King James Version

Strength and honour are her clothing;

And she shall rejoice in time to come.