Proverbs 31:28 (BSB)
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
From Proverbs 31. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 31:28
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31: This description of the virtuous woman is designed to show what wives the women should make and what wives the men should choose; it consists of twenty-two verses, each beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order, as some of the Psalms, which makes some think it was no part of the lesson which Lemuel's mother taught him, but a poem by itself...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 31:28: Her children arise up,.... As olive plants around her table; grow up to maturity of age, and ripeness of judgment, and so capable of observing things, and doing the work here ascribed to them: or they rise up in reverence of her, and respect to her, suitable to the relation they stand in to her: or rather it signifies their readiness to show a regard...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 31:28: She is honored by those who best know her.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 31:28: Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her. (o) That is, do her reverence.