The Meaning of Proverbs 31:25 Explained

Proverbs 31:25

KJV: Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

YLT: Strength and honour are her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

Darby: Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laugheth at the coming day.

ASV: Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 31:25?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 31:25 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 31:25 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 31:25?

What is the context of Proverbs 31:25?

The Honorable Woman (Proverbs 31:10-31)
The Woman Who Fears the Lord (Proverbs 31:10-31)
Description of a Worthy Woman (Proverbs 31:10-31)
In Praise of a Capable Wife (Proverbs 31:10-31)
A Wife of Noble Character (Proverbs 31:10-31)
Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character (Proverbs 31:10-31)
An Excellent Woman .[ f .] (Proverbs 31:10-31)
The Virtuous Wife (Proverbs 31:10-31)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

What does Proverbs 31:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 31:10-31 - "her Works Praise Her"

The ideal woman, as portrayed here, is a wife. She is the stay and confidence of her husband. Not only when she comes as a young bride into his home, in the glory and beauty of her youth, nor only when her womanly beauty holds his admiration, but long after and to the end of life she does him good. She is always busy. She is thrifty in administering his earnings. If he brings the money to her, she expends it economically for their common weal. When a friend of mine was sixty, his wife came to him with an annuity which she had purchased for them both, by her wise administration of the money entrusted to her through forty years of married life.

It is in the home-place that the man's strength is gathered for public life. The woman in the home communicates the inspiration and strength which make him "known in the gates." Her secret, unobtrusive loyalty, counsel, and thrift inspire a growing depth of appreciation; so that the man who chose her in the spring will say of her amid the snows of age, "Other women may be good and true, but "˜thou excellest them all.'" [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 31

¹ Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance
⁶ The afflicted are to be comforted and defended
¹⁰ The praise and properties of a good wife

What do the individual words in Proverbs 31:25 mean?

Strength and honor [are] her clothing and she shall rejoice in time to come

עֹז־ וְהָדָ֥ר לְבוּשָׁ֑הּ וַ֝תִּשְׂחַ֗ק לְי֣וֹם אַחֲרֽוֹן

עֹז־	Strength
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עֹז Sense: might, strength.
וְהָדָ֥ר	and honor
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: הָדָר Sense: ornament, splendour, honour.
לְבוּשָׁ֑הּ	[are] her clothing
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular Root: לָבוּשׁ Sense: clothing, garment, apparel, raiment.
וַ֝תִּשְׂחַ֗ק	and she shall rejoice
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: שָׂחַק Sense: to laugh, play, mock.
לְי֣וֹם	in time
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
אַחֲרֽוֹן	to come
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: אַחֲרֹון Sense: behind, following, subsequent, western.

What are the major concepts related to Proverbs 31:25?

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