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Selected Verse: Proverbs 24:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 24:27 |
Strong Concordance |
Prepare [03559] thy work [04399] without [02351], and make it fit [06257] for thyself in the field [07704]; and afterwards [0310] build [01129] thine house [01004]. |
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King James |
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| i. e., Get an estate into good order before erecting a house on it. To "build a house" may, however, be equivalent (compare Exo 1:21; Deu 25:9; Rut 4:11) to "founding a family;" and the words a warning against a hasty and imprudent marriage. The young man is taught to cultivate his land before he has to bear the burdens of a family. Further, in a spiritual sense, the "field" may be the man's outer common work, the "house" the dwelling-place of his higher life. He must do the former faithfully in order to attain the latter. Neglect in one is fatal to the other. Compare Luk 16:10-11. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Warning against the establishing of a household where the previous conditions are wanting:
Set in order thy work without,
And make it ready for thyself beforehand in the fields, -
After that then mayest thou build thine house.
The interchange of בּחוּץ and בּשּׂדה shows that by מלאכת השּׂדה field-labour, Ch1 27:26, is meant. הכין, used of arrangement, procuring, here with מלאכה, signifies the setting in order of the word, viz., the cultivation of the field. In the parallel member, עתּדה, carrying also its object, in itself is admissible: make preparations (lxx, Syr.); but the punctuation עתּדהּ (Targ., Venet.; on the other hand, Jerome and Luther translate as if the words were ועתדה השּׂדה) is not worthy of being contended against: set it (the work) in the fields in readiness, i.e., on the one hand set forward the present necessary work, and on the other hand prepare for that which next follows; thus: do completely and circumspectly what thy calling as a husbandman requires of thee - then mayest thou go to the building and building up of thy house (vid., at Pro 24:3, Pro 14:1), to which not only the building and setting in order of a convenient dwelling, but also the bringing home of a housewife and the whole setting up of a household belongs; prosperity at home is conditioned by this - one fulfils his duty without in the fields actively and faithfully. One begins at the wrong end when he begins with the building of his house, which is much rather the result and goal of an intelligent discharge of duty within the sphere of one's calling. The perf., with ו after a date, such as אחר, עוד מעט, and the like, when things that will or should be done are spoken of, has the fut. signification of a perf. consec., Gen 3:5; Exo 16:6., Pro 17:4; Ewald, 344b. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Prepare thy work without - Do nothing without a plan. In winter prepare seed, implements, tackle, geers, etc., for seed-time and harvest. |
10 He that is faithful [4103] in [1722] that which is least [1646] is [2076] faithful [4103] also [2532] in [1722] much [4183]: and [2532] he that is unjust [94] in [1722] the least [1646] is [2076] unjust [94] also [2532] in [1722] much [4183].
11 If [1487] therefore [3767] ye have [1096] not [3756] been [1096] faithful [4103] in [1722] the unrighteous [94] mammon [3126], who [5101] will commit [4100] to your [5213] trust [4100] the true [228] riches?
11 And all the people [05971] that were in the gate [08179], and the elders [02205], said [0559], We are witnesses [05707]. The LORD [03068] make [05414] the woman [0802] that is come [0935] into thine house [01004] like Rachel [07354] and like Leah [03812], which two [08147] did build [01129] the house [01004] of Israel [03478]: and do [06213] thou worthily [02428] in Ephratah [0672], and be famous [07121] [08034] in Bethlehem [01035]:
9 Then shall his brother's wife [02994] come [05066] unto him in the presence [05869] of the elders [02205], and loose [02502] his shoe [05275] from off his foot [07272], and spit [03417] in his face [06440], and shall answer [06030] and say [0559], So shall it be done [06213] unto that man [0376] that will not build up [01129] his brother's [0251] house [01004].
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives [03205] feared [03372] God [0430], that he made [06213] them houses [01004].
4 A wicked doer [07489] giveth heed [07181] to false [0205] lips [08193]; and a liar [08267] giveth ear [0238] to a naughty [01942] tongue [03956].
6 And Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] said [0559] unto all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], At even [06153], then ye shall know [03045] that the LORD [03068] hath brought you out [03318] from the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]:
5 For God [0430] doth know [03045] that in the day [03117] ye eat [0398] thereof, then your eyes [05869] shall be opened [06491], and ye shall be as gods [0430], knowing [03045] good [02896] and evil [07451].
1 Every wise [02454] woman [0802] buildeth [01129] her house [01004]: but the foolish [0200] plucketh it down [02040] with her hands [03027].
3 Through wisdom [02451] is an house [01004] builded [01129]; and by understanding [08394] it is established [03559]:
26 And over them that did [06213] the work [04399] of the field [07704] for tillage [05656] of the ground [0127] was Ezri [05836] the son [01121] of Chelub [03620]: