Amsal 31:28-29

31:28 Her children rise up ¹  and call her blessed,

her husband ²  also praises her:

31:29 “Many ³  daughters ⁴  have done valiantly, ⁵ 

but you surpass them all!”

[31:28]  ¹ tn The first word of the nineteenth line begins with ק (qof), the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

[31:28]  sn The deliberate action of “rising up” to call her blessed is the Hebrew way of indicating something important is about to be done that has to be prepared for.

[31:28]  ² tn The text uses an independent nominative absolute to draw attention to her husband: “her husband, and he praises her.” Prominent as he is, her husband speaks in glowing terms of his noble wife.

[31:29]  ³ tn The first word of the twentieth line begins with ר (resh), the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

[31:29]  ⁴ tn Or “women” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[31:29]  ⁵ tn The word is the same as in v. 10, “noble, valiant.”