Proverbs 31:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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

14. She is a loving wife, and feels for the respectability and honor of her husband. He is an elder among his people, and he sits as a magistrate in the gate. He is respected not only on account of the neatness and cleanliness of his person and dress, but because he is the husband of a woman who is justly held in universal esteem. And her complete management of household affairs gives him full leisure to devote himself to the civil interests of the community.

Proverbs 31:23

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