Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.

Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

Her husband is noble at the gates, when he sits among the senators of the land.

The industry of the wife leaves the husband free to take his place among the elders that sit in councils.

Her husband is known in the gates -
14. She is a loving wife, and feels for the respectability and honor of her husband. He is an elder among his people, and he sits as a magistrate in the gate. He is respected not only on account of the neatness and cleanliness of his person and dress, but because he is the husband of a woman who is justly held in universal esteem. And her complete management of household affairs gives him full leisure to devote himself to the civil interests of the community.

Her husband is known in the (l) gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
(l) In the assemblies and places of judgment.

Her husband is known in the gates,.... Of the city, where courts of justice were kept, and causes heard and tried by the judges, the elders of the land, later mentioned; among whom the husband of the virtuous woman was, where he was known, taken notice of, and celebrated; not so much for the beautiful garments she made him, as Jarchi; but rather for his wisdom, as Gersom, and for being the husband of such a woman; who, taking such care of his domestic affairs, he was more at leisure to attend public business, and transact it with reputation. Christ is the husband of the church in general, and of particular churches, and of every private believer; he fell in love with them, asked them of his Father, and betrothed them to himself; and is a kind, tender, loving, and sympathizing husband to his church and people; that nourishes and cherishes them, and provides all things for them, and interests them in all he has: and he is "known" by them, in the dignity of his person, in the excellency of his offices, and the fulness of his grace; he is known by them in the relation of an husband; he is well known in the church of God, in the assembly of his saints, Psalm 76:1; he is known in the gates of Zion, in the public ministering of the word and ordinances; his name is celebrated, it becomes great and famous, wherever his Gospel is preached in the world; he is,
"known in the provinces,''
as the Targum; or,
"among the cities,''
as the Syriac version; among the nations of the world, in the cities of the Gentiles; as he will be, even from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Malachi 1:11;
when he sitteth among the elders of the land; when he sits in his house, at his table, circled by his saints, his ancient ones; or as King, head, and husband of his people, on his throne in the church, encompassed with, the four and twenty elders, the representatives of Gospel churches, Revelation 4:2. And especially when he shall take to himself his great power, and reign gloriously before his ancients, the patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, and all his saints, which will come with him; whom he has loved with an everlasting love; who were chosen in him before the foundation of the world; and had grace given them, in him, before the world began, Isaiah 24:23; and when he shall come to judge the world, and will appear in great glory, and be seen and known of all; and shall sit on his throne of glory, and his elders also, sitting on twelve thrones, judging the tribes of Israel, Matthew 19:28; so Ambrose interprets it of the universal judgment.

in the gates--(compare Proverbs 22:22). His domestic comfort promotes his advancement in public dignity.

Now, first, the description turns back to the husband, of the woman who is commended, mentioned in the introduction:
23 נ 32 Well known in the gates is her husband,
Where he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Such a wife is, according to Proverbs 12:4, עטרת בּעלּהּ, - she advances the estimation and the respect in which her husband is held. He has, in the gates where the affairs of the city are deliberated upon, a well-known, reputable name; for there he sits, along with the elders of the land, who are chosen into the council of the city as the chief place of the land, and has a weighty voice among them. The phrase wavers between נודע (lxx περίβλεπτος γίνεται; Venet. ἔλνωσται) and נודע. The old Venetian edd. have in this place (like the Cod. Jaman.), and at Psalm 9:17, נודע; on the contrary, Psalm 76:2; Ecclesiastes 6:10, נודע, and that is correct; for the Masora, at this place and at Psalm 76:2 (in the Biblia rabb), is disfigured.

It known - Observed and respected, not only for his own worth, but for his wife's sake. Sitteth - In counsel or judgment.