Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 31:25
Strength and honor [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
25. she shall rejoice in ] Rather: she laugheth at, i.e. so far from regarding it with apprehension, she can look forward to it with joyful confidence. Comp. “He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin,” in the description of Leviathan, Job 41:29.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Shall rejoice in time to come – Better, rejoiceth over the time to come; i. e., looks forward to the future, not with anxious care, but with confident gladness.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 25. Strength and honour are her clothing]
16. All the articles manufactured by herself or under her care have a double perfection:
1). They are strong.
2) They are elegant; Strength and honour are her clothing; and on account of this she shall rejoice in time to come; she shall never have occasion to blush for any thing she has made, for any thing she or hers have worn, or for any thing she has sold. Besides, she has so conducted herself that she has reason to expect that the hand of the Lord shall be still with her, and shall keep her from evil that it may not grieve her.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Strength; not strength of body, which is no ornament of that sex, save only as she preserves her health and strength by sobriety and exercise, which other men waste by intemperance and idleness; but strength of mind, magnanimity, courage, resolution, activity.
Honour; either,
1. Her prudent, and pious, and amiable behaviour, in which true honour principally consists. Or,
2. That good name and honourable esteem which she hath gained amongst all that know her by her virtuous disposition and carnage.
Her clothing; these, and not her rich garments mentioned before, are her great ornament and glory.
She shall rejoice in thee to come: the sense is either,
1. In her old age she reaps the comfort and benefit of her youthful labours, Or rather,
2. She lives in constant tranquillity of mind, and a confident and cheerful expectation of all future events, how calamitous soever, partly because she hath laid in provisions for a rainy day, and chiefly because she hath the comfortable remembrance of a well-spent life, and, which follows thereupon, a just confidence in Gods gracious providence and promises made to such persons.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. Strength and honourStrongand beautiful is her clothing; or, figuratively, for moralcharacter, vigorous and honorable.
shall rejoice . . . comeinconfidence of certain maintenance.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Strength and honour [are] her clothing,…. Strength, not of body, but of mind. The church is clothed with strength, as her Lord, head, and husband, is said to be, Ps 93:1; and which she has from him; for though she is the weaker vessel, and weak in herself, yet is strong in him; and is able to bear and do all things, with a fortitude of mind to withstand every enemy, and persevere in well doing: and she is clothed with “honour”; with honourable garments, suitable to her rank and dignity; in cloth of gold, in raiment of needlework; with the garments of salvation, and the robe of righteousness;
and she shall rejoice in time to come; Aben Ezra interprets it of old age, or of the world to come; and Jarchi and Gersom of the day of death: having fulness of food and clothing, she is not afraid of want in old age, or in any time of distress that may come; and having a good name, laughs at death, and departs in peace; so these interpreters. The church of Christ fears no want at any time, nor need any of her members; they have a clothing that never waxes old, a righteousness that will answer for them in a time to come; their bread is given, and their waters are sure; they shall want no good thing; all their need is supplied from Christ; they have hope in their death, and rejoice then and sing, “O death, where is thy sting?” 1Co 15:55; they will have confidence in the day of judgment, and not be ashamed; shall come to Zion with everlasting joy; and shall rejoice with Christ, angels and saints, to all eternity.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The description is now more inward:
25 Strength and honour is her clothing;
Thus she laugheth at the future day.
She is clothed with , strength, i.e., power over the changes of temporal circumstances, which easily shatter and bring to ruin a household resting on less solid foundations; clothed with , glory, i.e., elevation above that which is low, little, common, a state in which they remain who propose to themselves no high aim after which they strive with all their might: in other words, her raiment is just pride, true dignity, with which she looks confidently into the future, and is armed against all sorrow and care. The connection of ideas, (defectively written, on the contrary, at Psa 84:6, Masora, and only there written plene, and with Munach), instead of the frequent , occurs only here. The expression 25b is like Job 39:7, wherefore Hitzig rightly compares Job 24:14 to 25a. , distinguished from , and incorrectly interpreted (Rashi) of the day of death, is, as at Isa 30:8, the future, here that which one at a later period may enter upon.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(25) Strength and honour are her clothing.She never parts with them; they serve her, like clothing, for protection and ornament. (Comp. Psa. 104:1.)
And she shall rejoice in time to come.Rather, smiles at the coming day; does not fear the future.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
25. Strength and honour Or, beau ty; (the abstract for the concrete;) her clothing is strong and beautiful, both that which she wears and that which she sells; and, therefore, she has no depressing solicitude for the future.
Shall rejoice in time to come Rather, rejoices, or is cheerful for the future; literally, she laughs at the after day. Fearing God and working righteousness, pursuing a lucrative business and blessed of Providence, she is cheerful in view of the future.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Pro 31:25 Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Ver. 25. Strength and honour are her clothing. ] See Pro 31:22 . She is not of those, quae fulgent monilibus, sordent moribus, that are well habited but ill mannered. No; she is inwardly decked with spiritual attire, such as rendereth her glorious in the eyes of God and angels. “The joy of the Lord is her strength,” so that she laugheth at the time to come. This “daughter of Sarah, so long as she doth well,” and hath the euge a good conscience, “is not afraid with any amazement,” as women are apt to be. 1Pe 3:6 Gaudebat Crispina cum tenebatur, cure audiebatur, cum damnabatur, cam dacebutur. a So did Mistress Anne Askew, Alice Driver, and many other gracious women that suffered for the truth in Queen Mary’s days. Strength and honour were their clothing, and they rejoiced at the time to come: they went as merry to die as to dine, and cheered up one another with this, that although they had but a bitter breakfast, yet they should sup with Christ in joy.
a Aug. in Ps. cxxxvii.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
she shall rejoice, &c. = she laugheth at the future.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Strength: Job 29:14, Job 40:10, Psa 132:9, Psa 132:16, Isa 61:10, Rom 13:14, Eph 4:24, 1Ti 2:10, 1Pe 5:5, 1Pe 5:6
and she: Psa 97:11, Psa 97:12, Isa 65:13, Isa 65:14, Mat 25:20, Mat 25:21
Reciprocal: 1Ti 6:19 – the time
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
31:25 {m} Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
(m) After he had spoken of the apparel of the body, he now declares the apparel of the spirit.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
"Strength and dignity" are the outstanding qualities that people see when they observe her-dressed in the high-quality clothes she fashioned with her own skillful handiwork (Pro 31:25 a). She is also optimistic about the future because she has prepared for it (Pro 31:25 b). She is able to speak of wisdom because she has learned it (Pro 31:26 a). She is a kind person because she wisely realizes the importance of that virtue (Pro 31:26 b). Moreover, she manages her home well (Pro 31:27). She gives her household high priority.