# Proverbs 31.23 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 21. She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet. 22. She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple. > > **23. Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.** > > 24. She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25. Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come. (Proverbs 31:21-25, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 21. She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet. 22. She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple. > > **23. Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.** > > 24. She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant. 25. Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. (Proverbs 31:21-25, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 21. She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. scarlet: or, double garments 22. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. > > **23. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.** > > 24. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25. Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. (Proverbs 31:21-25, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 21. She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed [with] scarlet. 22. Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple [are] her clothing. > > **23. Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.** > > 24. Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant. 25. Strength and honour [are] her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. (Proverbs 31:21-25, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - [H3045 - yada](/codex/h3045-yada/), *yada*, Strong's H3045 ## Quoted in **Passages:** - [Amos 5.12](/codex/amos-5-12/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.