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


In Context

24 Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent"- peoples will curse him and nations denounce him.

25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.

26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

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

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.

29 Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did."

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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