Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.
Parallel translations
- WEB Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.
- KJV Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
- NKJV Strength and honor are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come.
- NASB Strength and dignity are her clothing, And she smiles at the future.
- NLT She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.
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Strength and dignity clothe her, and she faces the future with confident joy.
Overview
Beyond garments, her true clothing is inner strength and honor, the fruit of a God-fearing life. Because her hope rests on more than circumstances, she can laugh at the days to come without anxiety. This fearless joy flows from trust in God and points to the secure hope believers have in Christ, who holds the future.
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- Job 40:10Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
- Rom 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Isa 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
- Eph 4:24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- 1 Tim 2:10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
- 1 Pet 5:5–6Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Ps 132:9May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.
- Ps 97:11–12Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
- Ps 132:16I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
- Isa 65:13–14Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
- Matt 25:20–21The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
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