Proverbs 27 · Verse 18

Proverbs 27:18

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Proverbs 27:18, King James Version

Proverbs 27:18 in other translations

BSBWhoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
WEBWhoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
ASVWhoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
YLTThe keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
DARBYWhoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
BBEWhoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
WebsterHe that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.

What does Proverbs 27:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. Diligence secures a reward, even for the humble servant.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Though a calling be laborious and despised, yet those who keep to it, will find there is something to be got by it. God is a Master who has engaged to honour those who serve him faithfully.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 27:18 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.

נֹצֵ֣רno.Tzer[one who] keepsH5341
תְּ֭אֵנָהTe.'e.naha fig treeH8384
יֹאכַ֣לyo.Khalhe will eatH398
פִּרְיָ֑הּpir.Yahfruit itsH6529
וְשֹׁמֵ֖רve.sho.Merand [one who] protectsH8104
אֲדֹנָ֣יו'a.do.Navmaster<s> hisH113
יְכֻבָּֽד\׃ye.khu.Badhe will be honoredH3513

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

Cross references for Proverbs 27:18

  • 1 Corinthians 9:7

    Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

  • 2 Timothy 2:6

    The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

  • Song of Solomon 8:12

    My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

  • Luke 12:37

    Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

  • John 12:26

    If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

  • Matthew 24:46

    Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

  • Luke 12:43-44

    Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

  • Luke 19:17

    And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:8

    Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:13

    Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

  • Proverbs 22:29

    Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

  • Genesis 39:22-23

    And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
keepeth.
So 8:12; 1Co 9:7,13
so.
17:2; 22:29; Ge 24:2,3; 39:2-5,22,23; Ex 24:13; 2Ki 3:11
2Ki 5:2,3,25,27; Mr 10:43; Ac 10:7; Col 3:22
shall be.
1Sa 2:30; Ps 123:2; Mt 24:25,46; 25:21,22; Lu 12:37,43,44
Joh 12:26; 1Pe 2:18,21

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

Context

  • Proverbs 27:17

    Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

  • Proverbs 27:18

    Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

  • Proverbs 27:19

    As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

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Proverbs 27:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El que guarda la higuera, comerá su fruto; y el que guarda á su señor, será honrado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Celui qui soigne le figuier mange de son fruit, et celui qui veille sur son maître sera honoré.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wer des Feigenbaumes wartet, wird seine Frucht essen; und wer über seinen Herrn wacht, wird geehrt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui servat ficum comedet fructus ejus, et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur.