Proverbs 27:25
The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
In Context
24For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
26Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
Cross References
Psalms 104:14Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:
Proverbs 10:5He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:24-27
The Reward of Prudence. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. Here is, I. A command given us… Read the whole commentary →