Proverbs 27:26

Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

In Context

25The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.

27Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 27:21Arabia, and all the princes of Cedar, they were the merchants of thy hand: thy merchants came to thee with lambs, and rants, and kids.

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 →

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