27Prepare your work without, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.


In Context

24 He that said to the wicked, You are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come on them.

26 Every man shall kiss his lips that gives a right answer.

27 Prepare your work without, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.

28 Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.

29 Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Proverbs 24:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:27Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:27Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:27Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:27Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:27Prepare thy work without, and make it ready for thee in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:27Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:27Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field — go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.