Proverbs 24 · Verse 27

Proverbs 24:27

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

Proverbs 24:27, King James Version

Proverbs 24:27 in other translations

BSB	Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
WEB	Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
ASV	Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.
YLT	Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
DARBY	Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.
BBE	Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
Webster	Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.

What does Proverbs 24:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

27. Prepare ... in the field--Secure, by diligence, a proper support, and then build; provide necessaries, then comforts, to which a house rather pertained, in a mild climate, permitting the use of tents.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 27 Prepare thy work without - Do nothing without a plan. In winter prepare seed, implements, tackle, geers, etc., for seed-time and harvest.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

We must prefer necessaries before conveniences, and not go in debt.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 24:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הָ֘כֵ֤ןha.KhenestablishH3559

בַּח֨וּץ\׀ba.Chutzon the outsideH2351

מְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָme.lakh.Te.khawork yourH4399

וְעַתְּדָ֣הּve.'a.te.Dahand make ready itH6257

בַּשָּׂדֶ֣הba.sa.Dehin the fieldH7704

לָ֑ךְLakhfor yourself

אַ֝חַ֗ר'a.CharafterH310

וּבָנִ֥יתָu.va.Ni.taand you will buildH1129

בֵיתֶֽךָ\׃\ \פvei.Te.khahouse yourH1004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 24:27

Luke 14:28-30
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
1 Kings 5:17-18
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1Ki 5:17,18; 6:7; Lu 14:28-30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Proverbs 24:26
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

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Proverbs 24:27 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Apresta tu obra de afuera, y disponla en tu heredad; y después edificarás tu casa.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Prépare ton ouvrage au-dehors, et mets en état ton champ, et après, bâtis ta maison.
German Elberfelder 1871	Besorge draußen deine Arbeit und bestelle sie dir auf dem Felde; hernach magst du dann dein Haus bauen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Præpara foris opus tuum, et diligenter exerce agrum tuum, ut postea ædifices domum tuam.