Proverbs 24:27 “Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may…”

Proverbs 24:27

Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

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Cross references

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

Luke 14:28–30 1 Kings 6:7 1 Kings 5:17 1 Kings 5:18

Luke 14:28–30 · BSB

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

1 Kings 6:7 · BSB

The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

1 Kings 5:17 · BSB

And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

1 Kings 5:18 · BSB

So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

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