Proverbs 24:27

27 Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

Proverbs 24:27 in Other Translations

27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

27 Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.

27 Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house.

27 First plant your fields; then build your barn.

27 Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

27 Prepare your work outside, and get things ready for yourself in the field. Afterwards, build your house.

27 Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field; afterwards, build your house.

27 Finish your outdoor work. Get your fields ready. After that, build your house.

Proverbs 24:27 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work without
As Solomon did for the building of the temple; timber and stones were prepared, hewed, squared, and fitted for the building before brought thither, ( 1 Kings 5:18 ) ( 6:7 ) ; or diligently attend to thy business without doors, whatever it is, that thou mayest provide for thyself and family the necessaries and conveniences of life, which are in the first place to be sought after; and make it fit for thyself in the field;
let nothing be wanting in managing the affairs of husbandry, in tilling the land, in ploughing and sowing, and reaping, and gathering in the increase, that there may be a sufficiency for the support of the family; and afterwards build thine house;
when, though the blessing of God upon thy diligence and industry, thou art become rich, or however hast such a competent substance as to be able to build a good house, and furnish it in a handsome manner, then do it; but first take care of the main point, that you have a sufficiency to finish it; see the advice of Christ, ( Luke 14:28 Luke 14:29 ) ; necessaries are first to be sought after, before things ornamental and superfluous; first take care to live, and then, if you can, build a fine house. Jarchi interprets this of a man's first getting fields, vineyards, and cattle, something beforehand in the world, and then take a wife, when he is able to maintain her, whereby his house may be built up; see ( Ruth 4:11 ) .

Proverbs 24:27 In-Context

25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.

26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

27 Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?

29 Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did.”