Proverbes 27:26

26 Les agneaux sont pour te vêtir, Et les boucs pour payer le champ;

Proverbes 27:26 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 27:26

The lambs [are] for thy clothing
This is another argument, exciting to diligence in the pastoral calling, taken from the profit arising from it: the wool of the lambs, or rather "sheep", as many versions render it; of it cloth is made, and of that garments to be worn, to keep decent, warm, and comfortable; see ( Job 31:20 ) ; and the goats [are] the price of thy field:
these, being brought up and sold, furnish the husbandman with money to purchase more fields to feed his cattle on. The Targum is,

``the goats are for negotiation;''

with the price of them a man may purchase any of the necessaries of life for himself and family; these are negotiated, ( Ezekiel 27:21 ) ; the Syriac version is, "the goats are for thy food"; and so, between both the sheep and goats, man has both food and raiment; though his food is particularly mentioned in ( Proverbs 27:27 ) .

Proverbes 27:26 In-Context

24 Car la richesse ne dure pas toujours, Ni une couronne éternellement.

25 Le foin s'enlève, la verdure paraît, Et les herbes des montagnes sont recueillies.

26 Les agneaux sont pour te vêtir, Et les boucs pour payer le champ;

27 Le lait des chèvres suffit à ta nourriture, à celle de ta maison, Et à l'entretien de tes servantes.