Ecclesiastes 24:27

Nova Vulgata

Praepara foris opus tuum et diligenter exerce illud in agro tuo, ut postea aedifices domum tuam.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Pr�para foris opus tuum, et diligenter exerce agrum tuum, ut postea �difices domum tuam.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Pr�para foris opus tuum,
et diligenter exerce agrum tuum,
ut postea �difices domum tuam.

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

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.