Proverbs 27:27

Verse

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

American Standard Version (1901)

And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.

Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

Free Bible Version

there'll be enough milk from your goats to feed you, your family, and your servant girls.

Geneva Bible 1599

And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.

King James (Authorized) Version

And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

One Unity Resource Bible

There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

Translation for Translators

and you will get enough milk from the other goats for you and your family and your female servants.

Unlocked Literal Bible

There will be goats' milk for your food—the food for your household— and nourishment for your servant girls.

Noah Webster Bible

And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.

World English Bible

There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

Young's Literal Translation

And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

Context

Do Not Boast about Tomorrow

²⁶the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. ²⁷You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

Sermons

The Goat

Harriet N. Cook

Summary

This verse highlights the importance of hard work and diligence in agriculture, emphasizing that the labor put into tending to the land will yield a bountiful harvest. It speaks to the principle of reaping what one sows, both in the physical realm of farming and in the spiritual realm of life. The verse encourages responsible stewardship of resources and the value of perseverance in work, reflecting the biblical wisdom of diligence and patience leading to fruitful outcomes.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

household--literally, "house," the family (Act 16:15; Co1 1:16). Next: Proverbs Chapter 28

Proverbs 27:27

Do Not Boast about Tomorrow

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Berean Standard Bible

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

American Standard Version (1901)

And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

Bible in Basic English

There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

Free Bible Version

there'll be enough milk from your goats to feed you, your family, and your servant girls.

Geneva Bible 1599

And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.

King James (Authorized) Version

And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

One Unity Resource Bible

There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

Translation for Translators

and you will get enough milk from the other goats for you and your family and your female servants.

Unlocked Literal Bible

There will be goats' milk for your food—the food for your household— and nourishment for your servant girls.

Noah Webster Bible

And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.

World English Bible

There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

Young's Literal Translation

And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!