Proverbs 27 · Verse 25

Proverbs 27:25

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

Proverbs 27:25, King James Version

Proverbs 27:25 in other translations

BSB	When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
WEB	The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
ASV	The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
YLT	Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
DARBY	The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
BBE	The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
Webster	The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

What does Proverbs 27:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 27:25-27

25-27. The fact that providential arrangements furnish the means of competence to those who properly use them is another motive to diligence (compare Psa 65:9-13). The hay appeareth--literally, "Grass appeareth" (Job 40:15; Psa 104:14).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 25 The hay appeareth - Take care that this be timeously mown, carefully dried and safely ricked or housed. And when the tender grass and the proper herbs appear in the mountains in the spring, then send forth the lambs, the young of the flock, that they may get suitable pasturage, without too much impoverishing the home fields; for by the sale of the lambs and goats, the price of the field is paid - all the landlord's demands are discharged. Either a certain number of lambs, goats, and other cattle, was given to the landlord; or so much money as so many lambs, etc., were then worth.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 27:23-27

We ought to have some business to do in this world, and not to live in idleness, and not to meddle with what we do not understand. We must be diligent and take pains. Let us do what we can, still the world cannot be secured to us, therefore we must choose a more lasting portion; but by the blessing of God upon our honest labours, we may expect to enjoy as much of earthly blessings as is good for us.

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Proverbs 27:25 in the original Hebrew

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גָּלָ֣הga.Lahit disappearsH1540

חָ֭צִירCha.tzirgrassH2682

וְנִרְאָה\־ve.nir.'ah-and it appearsH7200

דֶ֑שֶׁאDe.she'grassH1877

וְ֝נֶאֶסְפ֗וּve.ne.'es.Fuand they are gatheredH622

עִשְּׂב֥וֹתi.se.Vot[the] vegetation<s> ofH6212

הָרִֽים\׃ha.Rim[the] mountainsH2022

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

Cross references for Proverbs 27:25

Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Psalms 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

hay.Rather, herbage, as {chatzir} uniformly denotes.
10:5; Ps 104:14

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

Context

Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs 27:25
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Proverbs 27:26
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

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Proverbs 27:25 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Saldrá la grama, aparecerá la hierba, y segaránse las hierbas de los montes.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Le foin disparaît, et l’herbe tendre se montre, et l’on ramasse les herbes des montagnes.
German Elberfelder 1871	Ist geschwunden das Heu, und erscheint das junge Gras, und sind eingesammelt die Kräuter der Berge,
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Aperta sunt prata, et apparuerunt herbæ virentes, et collecta sunt fœna de montibus.