Proverbs 27:26

26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

Proverbs 27:26 in Other Translations

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

26 the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.

26 your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will provide the price of a field.

26 You can knit sweaters from lambs' wool, and sell your goats for a profit;

26 lambs will provide your clothing, and goats, the price of a field;

Proverbs 27:26 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 27:26

The lambs [are] for thy clothing
This is another argument, exciting to diligence in the pastoral calling, taken from the profit arising from it: the wool of the lambs, or rather "sheep", as many versions render it; of it cloth is made, and of that garments to be worn, to keep decent, warm, and comfortable; see ( Job 31:20 ) ; and the goats [are] the price of thy field:
these, being brought up and sold, furnish the husbandman with money to purchase more fields to feed his cattle on. The Targum is,

``the goats are for negotiation;''

with the price of them a man may purchase any of the necessaries of life for himself and family; these are negotiated, ( Ezekiel 27:21 ) ; the Syriac version is, "the goats are for thy food"; and so, between both the sheep and goats, man has both food and raiment; though his food is particularly mentioned in ( Proverbs 27:27 ) .

Proverbs 27:26 In-Context

24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.