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Proverbs 27:26

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The lambs [will be] for your clothing, And the goats [will bring] the price of a field,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— There are, lambs, for thy clothing, and, for the price of thy field, there are he-goats;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The lambes [are] for thy clothing, and the goates [are] the price of thy field.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The lambs are for your clothing and the kids are for your sustenance;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— that thou mayest have [wool of] sheep for clothing: pay attention to the land, that thou mayest have lambs.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The lambs 3532
{3532} Prime
כֶּבֶשׂ
kebes
{keh-bes'}
From an unused root meaning to dominate; a ram (just old enough to butt).
[are] for thy clothing, 3830
{3830} Prime
לְבוּשׁ
l@buwsh
{leb-oosh'}
From H3847; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife.
and the goats 6260
{6260} Prime
עַתּוּד
`attuwd
{at-tood'}
From H6257; prepared, that is, full grown; spoken only (in plural) of he goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people.
[are] the price 4242
{4242} Prime
מְחִיר
m@chiyr
{mekk-eer'}
From an unused root meaning to buy; price, payment, wages.
of the field. 7704
{7704} Prime
שָׂדֶה
sadeh
{saw-deh'}
From an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 27:25-27.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 27:23-27.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 27:26

The price — By the sale whereof thou mayest either pay the rent of the field which thou hirest, or purchase fields or lands. Goats might better be spared and sold than sheep, which brought a more constant profit to the owner.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 27:26

The (k) lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.

(k) This declares the great goodness of God towards man, and the diligence that he requires from him for the preservation of his gifts.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Job 31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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