PROV 27:27 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Υἱὲ, παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἔχεις ῥήσεις ἰσχυρὰς εἰς τὴν ζωήν σου, καὶ εἰς τὴν ζωὴν σῶν θεραπόντων.
(Huie, parʼ emou eⱪeis ɽaʸseis isⱪuras eis taʸn zōaʸn sou, kai eis taʸn zōaʸn sōn therapontōn. )

BrTr My son, thou hast from me words very useful for thy life, and for the life of thy servants.

ULT And there will be enough milk of female goats for your food, for the food of your house,
⇔ and life for your young women.

UST You will even have female goats that produce enough milk for yourself, your family,
⇔ and your servant girls to drink.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food,
⇔ for your family’s food,
⇔ and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food,
⇔ for the food of your household,
⇔ and for the sustenance of your servant girls.

LSV And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread,
For bread to your house, and life to your girls!

FBV there'll be enough milk from your goats to feed you, your family, and your servant girls.

T4T and you will get enough milk from the other goats
⇔ for you and your family and your female servants.

LEB • And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and the nourishment[fn] of your maidservants.

27:? Literally “life”

BBE There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.

Moff with ample milk to feed you,
⇔ and to maintain your maids.

JPS And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.

ASV And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,
⇔ And maintenance for thy maidens.

DRA Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

YLT And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

Drby and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.

RV And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.
(And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy/your food, for the food of thy/your household; and maintenance for thy/your maidens. )

SLT And enough of goats milk for thy bread, and for the bread of thy house, and the life of thy girls.

Wbstr And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.

KJB-1769 And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.[fn]
(And thou/you shalt/shall have goats’ milk enough for thy/your food, for the food of thy/your household, and for the maintenance for thy/your maidens. )

27.27 maintenance: Heb. life

KJB-1611 [fn]And thou shalt haue goats milke enough for thy food, for the food of thy houshold, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

27:27 Hebr. life.

Bshps Thou shalt haue goates milke inough to feede thee, to vpholde thy housholde, and to sustayne thy maydens.
(Thou/You shalt/shall have goats milk enough to feed thee/you, to uphold/support thy/your household, and to sustayne thy/your maidens.)

Gnva And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
(And let the milk of the goats be sufficient for thy/your food, for the food of thy/your family, and for the sustenance of thy/your maids. )

Cvdl Thou shalt haue goates mylck ynough to fede the, to vpholde thy husholde, & to susteyne thy maydens.
(Thou/You shalt/shall have goats milk enough to feed them, to uphold/support thy/your husholde, and to sustain thy/your maidens.)

Wycl The mylke of geete suffice to thee for thi meetis; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to lijflode to thin handmaidis.
(The milk of geete suffice to thee/you for thy/your meats; in to the necessarie things of thin house, and to lifelode to thin handmaids.)

Luth Du hast Ziegenmilch genug zur Speise deines Hauses und zur Nahrung deiner Dirnen.
(You(sg) have goatsmilch enough to/for food your(s) houses and to/for food your(s) You(sg)nen.)

ClVg Sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos, et in necessaria domus tuæ, et ad victum ancillis tuis.][fn]
(Sufficiat to_you milk goatrum in/into/on food yours, and in/into/on necessary home yours, and to food maidservants yours.] )

27.27 Sufficiat tibi lac caprarum. Tanta instantia pecus commissum pasce, etc., usque ad hædi pro pretio sanctorum, quibus nocuerant, ignibus tradentur.

27.27 Sufficiat to_you milk goatrum. Tanta instantia cattle commissum pasce, etc., until to thesedi for at_a_price holy_place, to_whom nocuerant, firebus will_be_handed_over.

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 25:1–29:27: This is Hezekiah’s collection of Solomon’s proverbs

This section is the second collection of Solomon’s proverbs. These proverbs were organized and copied by men who served King Hezekiah. Most scholars divide this section into two groups. These groups differ in several ways.

The first group (chapters 25–27) has many more comparisons and admonitions. In Hebrew, most of these comparisons are metaphors in which one or more illustrations precede the topic. Some English versions change the order so that the topic precedes the illustration(s). You should follow the order that expresses the meaning naturally and effectively in your language.

In the first group, many proverbs are one verse long. As with the individual proverbs in the main collection of Solomon’s proverbs (Section 10:1–22:16), they are not related to the proverbs around them. Other proverbs in this group are two or more verses long. Still others are one-verse proverbs that are closely related in theme. Proverbs in all three categories will be marked as separate paragraphs.

The second group (chapters 28–29) has more contrastive proverbs. The proverbs in this group are each one verse long. They will not be marked as separate paragraphs.

Some other headings for this section are:

More Proverbs of Solomon (NIV)

Proverbs of Solomon Collected by Hezekiah (NET)

These are also wise things that Solomon said

Paragraph 27:23–27

This paragraph advises the reader to take good care of his sheep and goats (27:23). The reason is that accumulated wealth and a stable government do not last (27:24). When he does the work to provide food for the animals (27:25), they will provide a continuing source of clothing, income, and food for his family (27:26–27).

27:27

This verse describes the benefit of having female goats that are well fed. They will provide enough milk to meet the needs of the entire household. Notice the progression from the owner/master (“you”) to his family (“your household”) to the servants who had the lowest status (“maidservants”):

^27aYou will have plenty of goats’ milk

^27bto feed you—food for your household

^27cand nourishment for your maidservants.

27:27a

You will have plenty of goats’ milk

From the female goats you^(sing) will be able to get enough milk
There will also be enough goats’ milk

27:27b

to feed you—food for your household

to feed yourself^(sing) and your family
to provide food for your entire family,

27:27a–b

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household: In Hebrew, this line is more literally “There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household.” Some other ways to translate this phrase are:

And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself, your family,… (NLT)

And there will be enough milk from your goats to sustain you, your family,… (VOICE)

The rest of the goats will provide milk for you and your family,… (GNT)

27:27c

and nourishment for your maidservants.

and even your^(sing) women servants.
including all your servants.

and nourishment for your maidservants: In Hebrew, this line is literally “and life for your maids.” The word “life” here is a figure of speech. It represents the food that is necessary to provide good nourishment for the servant women.Waltke (p. 394) makes it clear that the maids are well nourished. He uses the phrase “abundant, rich goats’ milk.”

Some other ways to translate this line are:

and nourishment for your servant-girls (NRSV)

and for your servant women as well (GNT)

maidservants: In Hebrew, this word can refer to any girl or young woman. Here it refers to female servants. It implies that the goats provided enough milk to feed even the lowest-ranked servants in the household.Fox (p. 816). It does not imply that male servants received no milk.