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 in other translations
| BSB | Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored. |
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| WEB | Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored. |
| ASV | Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. |
| YLT | The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured. |
| DARBY | Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured. |
| BBE | Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured. |
| Webster | He 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
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
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Proverbs 27:18 in the original Hebrew
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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.
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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.
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. |
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| 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. |