Text -- Proverbs 27:26-27 (NET)

27:26 the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field. 27:27 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.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 27:26

¹ sn Verse 25 is the protasis and v. 26 the apodosis. The two verses say that when the harvest is taken in, then the grass will grow, and they can sell and use their livestock. The lambs will provide clothing, and the goats when sold will pay for land.

NET Notes: Pro 27:27

¹ sn This part of the proverb shows the proper interplay between human labor and divine provision. It teaches people to take care of what they have because it will not last forever.

² tn Heb “life”; KJV, NAB “maintenance”; NRSV “nourishment.”