Proverbs Chapter 31 verse 31 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 31:31

Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.
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BBE Proverbs 31:31

Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.
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DARBY Proverbs 31:31

Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.
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KJV Proverbs 31:31

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
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WBT Proverbs 31:31


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WEB Proverbs 31:31

Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!
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YLT Proverbs 31:31

Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 31. - TAV. Give her of the fruit of her hands. So may she enjoy the various blessings which her zeal, prudence, and economy have obtained. Psalm 128:2, "Thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee." Septuagint, "Give her of the fruit of her lips." And let her own works praise her in the gates. She needs no farfetched laudation; her life long actions speak for themselves. Where men most congregate, where the heads of the people meet in solemn assembly, there her praise is sung, and a unanimous verdict assigns to her the highest honour. Septuagint, "Let her husband be praised in the gates." This frequent introduction of the husband is cuprous. St. Gregory thus spiritualizes the passage: "As the entrance of a city is called the gate, so is the day of judgment the gate of the kingdom, since all the elect go in thereby to the glory of their heavenly country.... Of these gates Solomon says, 'Give her of the fruit of her hands, and her own works shall praise her in the gates.' For holy Church then receives of 'the fruit of her hands,' when the recompensing of her labour raises her up to the possession of heavenly blessings; for her 'works then praise her in the gates,' when in the very entrance to his kingdom the words are spoken to his members, 'I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat,' etc." ('Moral.,' 6:9).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) Give her of the fruit of her hands--i.e., honour her for her noble life, "and let her own works praise her in the gates;" let them be recounted when men meet together; the mere mention of them will be sufficient, as no words could add anything to her praise.