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


In Context

24 He who says to the wicked, |You are righteous;| peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him—

25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

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

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

28 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

29 Don't say, |I will do 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 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.