Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.
Parallel translations
- KJV Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
- BSB Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.
- ESV Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the 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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Quick answer
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 40:10“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
- Rom 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
- Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
- Eph 4:24and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
- 1 Tim 2:10but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.
- 1 Pet 5:5–6Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Ps 132:9Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!”
- Ps 97:11–12Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
- Ps 132:16Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
- Isa 65:13–14Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;
- Matt 25:20–21He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’
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