Proverbs 27:26

26 Lambs [will provide] you with clothing, and the money from the male goats will buy 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 Wealth is not forever. Nor does a crown last from one generation to the next.

25 [When] grass is cut short, the tender growth appears, and vegetables are gathered on the hills.

26 Lambs [will provide] you with clothing, and the money from the male goats will buy a field.

27 There will be enough goat milk to feed you, to feed your family, and to keep your servant girls alive.