Proverbs 31:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Many daughters have done virtuously, But thou excellest them all.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Many daughters have done virtuously, nobly, and well [with the strength of character that is steadfast in goodness], but you excel them all.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.

Common English Bible

²⁹ “Many women act competently, but you surpass them all!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Many daughters have gathered together riches; you have surpassed them all.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.

Proverbs 31:29 Cross References

Proverbs 12:4

A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband, too, and he praises her:

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Ephesians 5:27

so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.

Ruth 3:11

And now, my daughter, do not be afraid, I will do for you all that you ask, for all the assembly of my people know that you are a worthy woman.