Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants. New Living Translation And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls. English Standard Version There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls. Berean Standard Bible You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants. King James Bible And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. New King James Version You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants. New American Standard Bible And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your attendants. NASB 1995 And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens. NASB 1977 And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens. Legacy Standard Bible And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens. Amplified Bible And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And for the maintenance of your maids. Christian Standard Bible there will be enough goat’s milk for your food — food for your household and nourishment for your female servants. Holman Christian Standard Bible there will be enough goat’s milk for your food— food for your household and nourishment for your female servants. American Standard Version And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the milk of goats for your food and for the food of your house. Brenton Septuagint Translation My son, thou hast from me words very useful for thy life, and for the life of thy servants. Contemporary English Version From the milk of the goats, you can make enough cheese to feed your family and all your servants. Douay-Rheims Bible Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids. English Revised Version And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens. GOD'S WORD® Translation There will be enough goat milk to feed you, to feed your family, and to keep your servant girls alive. Good News Translation The rest of the goats will provide milk for you and your family, and for your servant women as well. International Standard Version You will have enough goat's milk to drink and to supply your household needs, as well as sustenance for your servant girls. JPS Tanakh 1917 And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; And maintenance for thy maidens. Literal Standard Version And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, | For bread to your house, and life to your girls! Majority Standard Bible You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants. New American Bible And there will be ample goat’s milk for your food, food for your house, sustenance for your maidens. NET Bible 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. New Revised Standard Version there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and nourishment for your servant-girls. New Heart English Bible There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls. Webster's Bible Translation And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens. World English Bible There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls. Young's Literal Translation And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels! Additional Translations ... Context Do not Boast about Tomorrow…26the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. 27You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants. Cross References Proverbs 27:26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. Treasury of Scripture And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens. enough Proverbs 30:8,9 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: … Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. maintenance or life Jump to Previous Bread Damsels Enough Family Feed Food Girls Goats House Household Life Maidens Maintenance Milk Nourish Nourishment Plenty Servant Servant-Girls Sufficiency Support SustenanceJump to Next Bread Damsels Enough Family Feed Food Girls Goats House Household Life Maidens Maintenance Milk Nourish Nourishment Plenty Servant Servant-Girls Sufficiency Support SustenanceProverbs 27 1. observations of self love5. of true love 11. of care to avoid offenses 23. and of the household care (27) For the maintenance for thy maidens, who tend the cattle. Verse 27. - Goats' milk. Dr. Geikie ('Holy Land and Bible,' 1:311) notes that in most parts of Palestine goats' milk in every form - sour, sweet, thick, thin, warm, or cold - makes, with eggs and bread, the main food of the people. And maintenance for thy maidens; who milk the goats, etc., and tend the cattle, and do the household work. There is no mention of the use of animal flesh as food. It was only on great occasions, as high festivals, or the presence of an honoured guest, that kids, lambs, and calves were killed and eaten. This picture of rural peace and plenty points to a time of security and prosperity, free alike from internal commotion and external danger. The famous passage in Cicero, 'De Senect.,' 15, on the pleasures and advantages of the agricultural life. will occur to all classical readers. So also Horace ('Epod.,' 2), "Beatus ille qui procul negotiis," etc. The LXX. makes short work of this verse, "My son, thou hast from me sayings mighty for thy life and for the life of thy servants." |
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