What does Proverbs 27:27 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenanceh for thy maidens."
Verse Proverbs 27:27. _GOATS' MILK ENOUGH FOR THY FOOD_] ללחמך _lelachmecha_, "to thy bread;" for they ate the _bread_ and _supped the milk_ to assist mastication, and help deglutition. And it seems t...
The verses sing the praises of the earlier patriarchal life, with its flocks and herds, and tillage of the ground, as compared with the commerce of a later time, with money as its chief or only wealth...
V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the persona...
A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a...
MAINTENANCE. life....
for _the maintenance of_ Rather, MAINTENANCE FOR, R.V....
FOR RICHES ARE NOT FOR EVER, &C.— See Hiller. pars 2: p. 9. The author of the Observations remarks, that _milk_ is a great part of the diet of the eastern people. Their _goats_ furnish them with some...
TEXT Proverbs 27:19-27 19. As in water face answereth face, So the heart of man to man. 20. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21. The refining pot...
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. GOATS' MILK ENOUGH FOR THY FOOD ... The flocks and herds supplied all t...
SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profus...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 27 V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow. You do not know what will happen tomorrow. V2 Do not praise yourself! Let someone e...
FOR THE MAINTENANCE FOR THY MAIDENS, who tend the cattle....
וְ דֵ֤י ׀ חֲלֵ֬ב עִזִּ֗ים לְֽ֭ לַחְמְךָ לְ לֶ֣חֶם בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וְ֝ חַיִּ֗ים לְ נַעֲרֹותֶֽיךָ׃...
CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men a...
Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...
CHAPTER XXVII. _ Milk. We cannot but admire such frugality. Septuagint are rather different; (Calmet) ver. 25., "Be careful of the grass of thy field....that thou mayst have lambs for thy clothing. H...
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment tha...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
AND [THOU SHALT HAVE] GOATS' MILK ENOUGH FOR THY FOOD,.... The word for "goats", in Proverbs 27:26, signifies he goats, which were sold to buy fields, pay servants or rent, or purchase the necessaries...
And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens. Ver. 27. And thou shalt have goat's milk enough.] And this was ancient...
_The hay appeareth, and the tender grass_ In their proper seasons. These and the following things are mentioned as further arguments and encouragements to persuade to diligence: God invites thee to it...
WISDOM AND HUMILITY GO HAND IN HAND...
HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...
MAINTENANCE: _ Heb._ life...
GOATS MILK ENOUGH FOR THY FOOD; or, if thou choosest rather to keep than to sell thy goats, the milk of them will serve thee for food to thyself, and to thy family. In ancient times men used a plain a...
Proverbs 27:27 enough H1767 goats H5795 milk H2461 food H3899 food H3899 household H1004 nourishment H2416 maidservants H5291 enough - Proverbs 30:8-9; Matthew 6:33 maintenance - Heb. life...
Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what sh...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...
Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 27:23_ MODEL FARMING These words were especially applicable to the Israelitish people in their early history, when every family lived upon its own domain...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself (Proverbs 25:14) of tomorrow who coun...
Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 30:8; Proverbs 30:9...
MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE Proverbs 27:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament...
Goat's milk — Or, if thou chusest rather to keep thy goats, the milk will serve thee for food to thyself and family. In ancient times men used a plain and simple diet....