Proverbs 27:26

Lambs be to thy clothing; and kids be to the price of the field. (Lambs be for thy clothing; and goat kids be worth the price of a field.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25Meadows be opened, and green herbs appeared; and hay is gathered from [the] hills (or and the grass is gathered from the hills).

27The milk of goats suffice to thee for thy meats; into the necessary things of thine house, and to lifelode of thine handmaidens. (Goats? milk suffice for thee for thy food; yea, for the necessities of thy house, and for the sustenance of thy handmaids, or of thy servantesses.)

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Cross References

Ezekiel 27:21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thine hand; with lambs, and wethers, and (goat) kids, (they) thy merchants came to thee.

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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