Proverbs 27:26
you will be able to shear the sheep and make clothes from the wool, and you will get money from selling some of the goats to buy more land,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
In Context
27and you will get enough milk from the other goats for you and your family and your female servants.
Cross References
Ezekiel 27:21Men from Arabia and all the rulers of the Kedar region sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats for things that you had.
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 →