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Proverbs 31:28

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

KJV

Surrexerunt filii ejus, et beatissimam prædicaverunt ; vir ejus, et laudavit eam.

Vulgate

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying:

ASV

קָ֣מוּ בָ֭נֶי/הָ וַֽ/יְאַשְּׁר֑וּ/הָ בַּ֝עְלָ֗/הּ וַֽ/יְהַֽלְלָ/הּ

Hebrew

Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
ו
v
noun · 83×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
נִי
ny
verb · 17×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 11:2 — Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
  • 1Kgs 2:19 — Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for th
  • 1Tim 5:4 — But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
  • 2Tim 1:5 — When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
  • 2Tim 3:15 — And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
  • Gen 30:13 — And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
  • Prov 31:1 — The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
  • Ps 116:16 — O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
  • Ps 127:4 — As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
  • Song 6:9 — My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they pr