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23 Her husband is prominent at the city gates
    as he sits with the elders of the land.[a]
24 She makes garments and sells them,
    and stocks the merchants with belts.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity,
    and laughs at the days to come.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 31:23 The husband is mentioned for the first time since vv. 10–12 but as “her husband.” He will not be mentioned again until v. 28, where he praises her.
  2. 31:25 Laughs at the days to come: anticipates the future with joy, free of anxiety.