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Proverbs 24:27
First plant your fields; then build your barn.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field;afterward, build your house.
Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field;afterward, build your house.
Hebrew Names Version
Prepare your work outside. Make it ready for you in the field. Afterwards, build your house.
Prepare your work outside. Make it ready for you in the field. Afterwards, build your house.
King James Version
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
English Standard Version
Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
New American Standard Bible
Prepare your work outside, And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterward, then, build your house.
Prepare your work outside, And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterward, then, build your house.
New Century Version
First, finish your outside work and prepare your fields. After that, you can build your house.
First, finish your outside work and prepare your fields. After that, you can build your house.
Amplified Bible
Prepare your work outside And get it ready for yourself in the field; Afterward build your house and establish a home.
Prepare your work outside And get it ready for yourself in the field; Afterward build your house and establish a home.
World English Bible
Prepare your work outside. Make it ready for you in the field. Afterwards, build your house.
Prepare your work outside. Make it ready for you in the field. Afterwards, build your house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.
Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.
Legacy Standard Bible
Establish your work outsideAnd make it ready for yourself in the field;And afterwards, you shall build your house.
Establish your work outsideAnd make it ready for yourself in the field;And afterwards, you shall build your house.
Berean Standard Bible
Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field; after that, you can build your house.
Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field; after that, you can build your house.
Contemporary English Version
Get your fields ready and plant your crops before starting a home.
Get your fields ready and plant your crops before starting a home.
Complete Jewish Bible
Prepare your outside work, and get things ready for yourself on the land; after that, build your house.
Prepare your outside work, and get things ready for yourself on the land; after that, build your house.
Darby Translation
Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.
Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.
Easy-to-Read Version
First get your fields ready, next plant your crops, and then build your house.
First get your fields ready, next plant your crops, and then build your house.
George Lamsa Translation
Prepare your work out of doors, and make it ready in the field; and afterwards build your house.
Prepare your work out of doors, and make it ready in the field; and afterwards build your house.
Good News Translation
Don't build your house and establish a home until your fields are ready, and you are sure that you can earn a living.
Don't build your house and establish a home until your fields are ready, and you are sure that you can earn a living.
Lexham English Bible
Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field; afterward, then you shall build your house.
Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field; afterward, then you shall build your house.
Literal Translation
Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field, and afterwards build your house.
Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field, and afterwards build your house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
First make vp yi worke yt is wt out, & loke well vnto yt which thou hast in ye felde, & the buylde thine house.
First make vp yi worke yt is wt out, & loke well vnto yt which thou hast in ye felde, & the buylde thine house.
American Standard Version
Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.
Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.
Bible in Basic English
Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.
King James Version (1611)
Prepare thy worke without, and make it fit for thy selfe in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Prepare thy worke without, and make it fit for thy selfe in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Make redie thy worke that is without, and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde: and then buylde thyne house.
Make redie thy worke that is without, and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde: and then buylde thyne house.
English Revised Version
Prepare thy work without, and make it ready for thee in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Prepare thy work without, and make it ready for thee in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Make redi thi werk with outforth, and worche thi feelde dilygentli, that thou bilde thin hous aftirward.
Make redi thi werk with outforth, and worche thi feelde dilygentli, that thou bilde thin hous aftirward.
Update Bible Version
Prepare your work outside, And make it ready for yourself in the field; And afterward build your house.
Prepare your work outside, And make it ready for yourself in the field; And afterward build your house.
Webster's Bible Translation
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.
New English Translation
Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.
Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.
New King James Version
Prepare your outside work, Make it fit for yourself in the field; And afterward build your house.
Prepare your outside work, Make it fit for yourself in the field; And afterward build your house.
New Living Translation
Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house.
Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house.
New Life Bible
Get your work done outside. Make your fields ready. Then after that, build your house.
Get your work done outside. Make your fields ready. Then after that, build your house.
New Revised Standard
Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.
Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Prepare, in the open, thy work, and make ready, in the field, for thyself, Afterwards, shalt thou build thy house.
Prepare, in the open, thy work, and make ready, in the field, for thyself, Afterwards, shalt thou build thy house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.
Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.
Revised Standard Version
Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.
Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.
Young's Literal Translation
Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Prepare your work outside And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterwards, then, build your house.
Prepare your work outside And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterwards, then, build your house.
Contextual Overview
27 First plant your fields; then build your barn.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Kings 5:17, 1 Kings 5:18, 1 Kings 6:7, Luke 14:28-30
Reciprocal: Judges 19:16 - his work Psalms 112:5 - he will Proverbs 17:19 - he that Jeremiah 22:14 - I will
Cross-References
Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left."
Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left."
Genesis 24:10
The servant took ten of his master's camels and, loaded with gifts from his master, traveled to Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor. Outside the city, he made the camels kneel at a well. It was evening, the time when the women came to draw water. He prayed, "O God , God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, ‘Lower your jug and give me a drink,' and who answers, ‘Drink, and let me also water your camels'—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I'll know that you're working graciously behind the scenes for my master."
The servant took ten of his master's camels and, loaded with gifts from his master, traveled to Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor. Outside the city, he made the camels kneel at a well. It was evening, the time when the women came to draw water. He prayed, "O God , God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, ‘Lower your jug and give me a drink,' and who answers, ‘Drink, and let me also water your camels'—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I'll know that you're working graciously behind the scenes for my master."
Genesis 24:18
She said, "Certainly, drink!" And she held the jug so that he could drink. When he had satisfied his thirst she said, "I'll get water for your camels, too, until they've drunk their fill." She promptly emptied her jug into the trough and ran back to the well to fill it, and she kept at it until she had watered all the camels. The man watched, silent. Was this God 's answer? Had God made his trip a success or not?
She said, "Certainly, drink!" And she held the jug so that he could drink. When he had satisfied his thirst she said, "I'll get water for your camels, too, until they've drunk their fill." She promptly emptied her jug into the trough and ran back to the well to fill it, and she kept at it until she had watered all the camels. The man watched, silent. Was this God 's answer? Had God made his trip a success or not?
Genesis 24:42
"Well, when I came this very day to the spring, I prayed, ‘ God , God of my master Abraham, make things turn out well in this task I've been given. I'm standing at this well. When a young woman comes here to draw water and I say to her, Please, give me a sip of water from your jug, and she says, Not only will I give you a drink, I'll also water your camels—let that woman be the wife God has picked out for my master's son.'
"Well, when I came this very day to the spring, I prayed, ‘ God , God of my master Abraham, make things turn out well in this task I've been given. I'm standing at this well. When a young woman comes here to draw water and I say to her, Please, give me a sip of water from your jug, and she says, Not only will I give you a drink, I'll also water your camels—let that woman be the wife God has picked out for my master's son.'
Exodus 2:11
Time passed. Moses grew up. One day he went and saw his brothers, saw all that hard labor. Then he saw an Egyptian hit a Hebrew—one of his relatives! He looked this way and then that; when he realized there was no one in sight, he killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand.
Time passed. Moses grew up. One day he went and saw his brothers, saw all that hard labor. Then he saw an Egyptian hit a Hebrew—one of his relatives! He looked this way and then that; when he realized there was no one in sight, he killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand.
Exodus 2:13
The next day he went out there again. Two Hebrew men were fighting. He spoke to the man who started it: "Why are you hitting your neighbor?"
The next day he went out there again. Two Hebrew men were fighting. He spoke to the man who started it: "Why are you hitting your neighbor?"
Ruth 4:14
The town women said to Naomi, "Blessed be God ! He didn't leave you without family to carry on your life. May this baby grow up to be famous in Israel! He'll make you young again! He'll take care of you in old age. And this daughter-in-law who has brought him into the world and loves you so much, why, she's worth more to you than seven sons!"
The town women said to Naomi, "Blessed be God ! He didn't leave you without family to carry on your life. May this baby grow up to be famous in Israel! He'll make you young again! He'll take care of you in old age. And this daughter-in-law who has brought him into the world and loves you so much, why, she's worth more to you than seven sons!"
1 Samuel 25:32
And David said, "Blessed be God , the God of Israel. He sent you to meet me! And blessed be your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murder and taking charge of looking out for me. A close call! As God lives, the God of Israel who kept me from hurting you, if you had not come as quickly as you did, stopping me in my tracks, by morning there would have been nothing left of Nabal but dead meat."
And David said, "Blessed be God , the God of Israel. He sent you to meet me! And blessed be your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murder and taking charge of looking out for me. A close call! As God lives, the God of Israel who kept me from hurting you, if you had not come as quickly as you did, stopping me in my tracks, by morning there would have been nothing left of Nabal but dead meat."
1 Samuel 25:39
When David heard that Nabal was dead he said, "Blessed be God who has stood up for me against Nabal's insults, kept me from an evil act, and let Nabal's evil boomerang back on him." Then David sent for Abigail to tell her that he wanted her for his wife. David's servants went to Abigail at Carmel with the message, "David sent us to bring you to marry him."
When David heard that Nabal was dead he said, "Blessed be God who has stood up for me against Nabal's insults, kept me from an evil act, and let Nabal's evil boomerang back on him." Then David sent for Abigail to tell her that he wanted her for his wife. David's servants went to Abigail at Carmel with the message, "David sent us to bring you to marry him."
2 Samuel 18:28
Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "Peace!" Then he bowed deeply before the king, his face to the ground. "Blessed be your God ; he has handed over the men who rebelled against my master the king."
Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "Peace!" Then he bowed deeply before the king, his face to the ground. "Blessed be your God ; he has handed over the men who rebelled against my master the king."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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; 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; 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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
i. e., Get an estate into good order before erecting a house on it. To “build a house” may, however, be equivalent (compare Exodus 1:21; Deuteronomy 25:9; Ruth 4:11) to “founding a family;” and the words a warning against a hasty and imprudent marriage. The young man is taught to cultivate his land before he has to bear the burdens of a family. Further, in a spiritual sense, the “field” may be the man’s outer common work, the “house” the dwelling-place of his higher life. He must do the former faithfully in order to attain the latter. Neglect in one is fatal to the other. Compare Luke 16:10-11.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 24:27. Prepare thy work without — Do nothing without a plan. In winter prepare seed, implements, tackle, geers, &c., for seed-time and harvest.
