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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 27:27
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there will be enough goat’s milk for your food—food for your householdand nourishment for your female servants.
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls.
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.
And there will be enough goats' milk for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your attendants.
There will be plenty of goat's milk to feed you and your family and to make your servant girls healthy.
And there will be enough goats' milk for your food, For the food of your household, And for the maintenance of your maids.
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls.
And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
And there will be enough goats' milk for your food,For the food of your household,And sustenance for your maidens.
You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you-food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
From the milk of the goats, you can make enough cheese to feed your family and all your servants.
and there will be enough goat's milk to [buy] food for you and your household and maintenance for your servant-girls.
and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
Then there will be plenty of goat's milk for you and your family, with enough to keep the servants healthy.
And the goats milk is for your food and for the food of your household.
The rest of the goats will provide milk for you and your family, and for your servant women as well.
And there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and the nourishment of your maidservants.
and there will be goat's milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the life of your maidens.
Thou shalt haue goates mylck ynough to fede the, to vpholde thy husholde, & to susteyne thy maydens.
And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.
There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.
And thou shalt haue goats milke enough for thy food, for the food of thy houshold, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Thou shalt haue goates milke inough to feede thee, to vpholde thy housholde, and to sustayne thy maydens.
It is not good to eat much honey; but it is right to honour venerable sayings.
And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.
The mylke of geete suffice to thee for thi meetis; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to lijflode to thin handmaidis.
And [there will be] goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, And maintenance for your maidens.
And [thou shalt have] goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] maintenance for thy maidens.
And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.
You shall have enough goats' milk for your food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants.
And you will have enough goats' milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls.
There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of all your house, and a living for your young women.
there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and nourishment for your servant-girls.
With, enough goats-milk, for thy food - for the food of thy household, and, a maintenance, for thy maidens.
Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.
there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.
And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
enough: Proverbs 30:8, Proverbs 30:9, Matthew 6:33
maintenance: Heb. life
Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:11 - tilleth 1 Corinthians 9:7 - eateth not of the milk
Cross-References
Isaac planted crops in that land and took in a huge harvest. God blessed him. The man got richer and richer by the day until he was very wealthy. He accumulated flocks and herds and many, many servants, so much so that the Philistines began to envy him. They got back at him by throwing dirt and debris into all the wells that his father's servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham, clogging up all the wells.
"But Mother," Jacob said, "my brother Esau is a hairy man and I have smooth skin. What happens if my father touches me? He'll think I'm playing games with him. I'll bring down a curse on myself instead of a blessing."
"If it comes to that," said his mother, "I'll take the curse on myself. Now, just do what I say. Go and get the goats."
So he went and got them and brought them to his mother and she cooked a hearty meal, the kind his father loved so much.
class="poetry"> I'm just a wildflower picked from the plains of Sharon, a lotus blossom from the valley pools.
The Man
A lotus blossoming in a swamp of weeds— that's my dear friend among the girls in the village.The Woman
As an apricot tree stands out in the forest, my lover stands above the young men in town. All I want is to sit in his shade, to taste and savor his delicious love. He took me home with him for a festive meal, but his eyes feasted on me! Oh! Give me something refreshing to eat—and quickly! Apricots, raisins—anything. I'm about to faint with love! His left hand cradles my head, and his right arm encircles my waist! Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem, by the gazelles, yes, by all the wild deer: Don't excite love, don't stir it up, until the time is ripe—and you're ready. Look! Listen! There's my lover! Do you see him coming? Vaulting the mountains, leaping the hills. My lover is like a gazelle, graceful; like a young stag, virile. Look at him there, on tiptoe at the gate, all ears, all eyes—ready! My lover has arrived and he's speaking to me!The Man
Get up, my dear friend, fair and beautiful lover—come to me! Look around you: Winter is over; the winter rains are over, gone! Spring flowers are in blossom all over. The whole world's a choir—and singing! Spring warblers are filling the forest with sweet arpeggios. Lilacs are exuberantly purple and perfumed, and cherry trees fragrant with blossoms. Oh, get up, dear friend, my fair and beautiful lover—come to me! Come, my shy and modest dove— leave your seclusion, come out in the open. Let me see your face, let me hear your voice. For your voice is soothing and your face is ravishing.The Woman
Then you must protect me from the foxes, foxes on the prowl, Foxes who would like nothing better than to get into our flowering garden. My lover is mine, and I am his. Nightly he strolls in our garden, Delighting in the flowers until dawn breathes its light and night slips away. Turn to me, dear lover. Come like a gazelle. Leap like a wild stag on delectable mountains!By an act of faith, Isaac reached into the future as he blessed Jacob and Esau.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food,.... The word for "goats", in Proverbs 27:26, signifies he goats, which were sold to buy fields, pay servants or rent, or purchase the necessaries of life; and this here signifies she goats, which were kept for their milk; and which was daily used for food in some countries, and is still in use for the same purpose in some parts of our kingdoms; and in medicine it has been preferred by some physicians above others, next to the milk of women w: and the diligent husbandman is promised not only plenty of this his own eating, at least a sufficiency of it, but for his family;
for the food of thy household; his wife and children:
and [for] maintenance for thy maidens: or "the lives" x of them, on which they should live; for, though menservants might require strong meat yet the maidens might live upon milk; besides, Athenaeus y speaks of most delicious cheese made of goats' milk, called "tromilicus". The design of the whole is to show that a man diligent in his business shall have a sufficiency for himself and his family; and, though it may be but the meaner sort of food and clothing he may get, yet, having food and raiment, he should therewith be content.
w Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 28. c. 9. Vid. Scheuehzer. Physic, Sacr. vol. 5. p. 1016. x ××××× "vitas", Montanus; "ad vitam", Gejerus; "life" is often put for "bread"; or for that by which life is maintained, both in Greek and Latin writers; so βιοÏ, in Hesiod. Opera, l. 1. v. 31, 328. and "vita", in Plaut. Stichus, Act. 3. Sc. 2. v. 9. Trinum, Act. 2. Sc. 4. v. 76. y Deipnosoph. l. 14. c. 22. p. 658. see also l. 1. c. 8. p 10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The verses sing the praises of the earlier patriarchal life, with its flocks and herds, and tillage of the ground, as compared with the commerce of a later time, with money as its chief or only wealth.
Proverbs 27:23
The state - literally, face. The verse is an illustration of John 10:3, John 10:14.
Proverbs 27:24
Riches - The money which men may steal, or waste, is contrasted with the land of which the owner is not so easily deprived. Nor will the crown (both the âcrown of pure goldâ worn on the mitre of the high priest, Exodus 29:6; Exodus 39:30; and the kingly diadem, the symbol of power generally) be transmitted (as flocks and herds had been) âfrom one generation to another.â
Proverbs 27:25
Appeareth - Better, When the grass disappeareth, the âtender grass showeth itself.â Stress is laid on the regular succession of the products of the earth. The âgrassâ (âhayâ) of the first clause is (compare Psalms 37:2; Psalms 90:5; Psalms 103:15; 2 Kings 19:26) the proverbial type of what is perishable and fleeting. The verse gives a picture of the pleasantness of the farmerâs calling; compared with this what can wealth or rank offer? With this there mingles (compare Proverbs 27:23) the thought that each stage of that life in its season requires care and watchfulness.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 27:27. Goats' milk enough for thy food — ××××× lelachmecha, "to thy bread;" for they ate the bread and supped the milk to assist mastication, and help deglutition. And it seems that bread, with goats' milk, was the general article of food for the master and his family; and for the servant maids who assisted in the household work, and performed the operations required in the dairy.
The reader who wishes to see these maxims detailed and illustrated at large, may consult the writers De Re Rustica, where he will find much curious information.
