The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Parallel translations
- WEB The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
- BSB the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
- NKJV The lambs will provide your clothing, And the goats the price of a field;
- NASB The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field,
- NLT your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will provide the price of a field.
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Quick answer
Well-tended flocks supply clothing and the means to buy land. It shows how diligent stewardship yields tangible, lasting benefit.
Overview
Continuing the agricultural discourse, the proverb notes that lambs provide clothing and goats the price of a field, illustrating the fruitful return of faithful care. Honest, patient labor produces real provision and even increase. This reflects the biblical dignity of work and God's blessing on diligence, ultimately pointing to the abundant provision found in His kingdom.
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- Job 31:20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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