Proverbs 27:26

The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in;

27And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 27:21Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.

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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