Proverbs 27:26
The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
In Context
25The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
27There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
Cross References
Ezekiel 27:21Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar did business with you; in lambs and sheep and goats, in these they did business with you.
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 →