Proverbios 27:26

26 tus ovejas proveerán la lana para vestirte,
y tus cabras servirán para comprar un campo.

Proverbios 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 ) .

Proverbios 27:26 In-Context

24 porque las riquezas no duran para siempre,
y tal vez la corona no pase a la próxima generación.

25 Cuando se haya cosechado el heno y aparezca la nueva cosecha
y se recojan las hierbas de los montes,

26 tus ovejas proveerán la lana para vestirte,
y tus cabras servirán para comprar un campo.

27 Y tendrás suficiente leche de cabra para ti,
para tu familia y para tus criadas.