Proverbs 27:27
New International Version
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.

New Living Translation
And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls.

English Standard Version
There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.

Berean Standard Bible
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

King James Bible
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

New King James Version
You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants.

New American Standard Bible
And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your attendants.

NASB 1995
And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens.

NASB 1977
And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens.

Legacy Standard Bible
And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens.

Amplified Bible
And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And for the maintenance of your maids.

Christian Standard Bible
there will be enough goat’s milk for your food — food for your household and nourishment for your female servants.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
there will be enough goat’s milk for your food— food for your household and nourishment for your female servants.

American Standard Version
And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

Contemporary English Version
From the milk of the goats, you can make enough cheese to feed your family and all your servants.

English Revised Version
And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There will be enough goat milk to feed you, to feed your family, and to keep your servant girls alive.

Good News Translation
The rest of the goats will provide milk for you and your family, and for your servant women as well.

International Standard Version
You will have enough goat's milk to drink and to supply your household needs, as well as sustenance for your servant girls.

Majority Standard Bible
You will have plenty of goats? milk to feed you?food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

NET Bible
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.

New Heart English Bible
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.

World English Bible
There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, "" For bread to your house, and life to your girls!

Young's Literal Translation
And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

Smith's Literal Translation
And enough of goats milk for thy bread, and for the bread of thy house, and the life of thy girls.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.

New American Bible
And there will be ample goat’s milk for your food, food for your house, sustenance for your maidens.

New Revised Standard Version
there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and nourishment for your servant-girls.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the goats' milk is for your food and for the food of your household.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the milk of goats for your food and for the food of your house.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; And maintenance for thy maidens.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
My son, thou hast from me words very useful for thy life, and for the life of thy servants.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Do not Boast about Tomorrow
26the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. 27You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:9
a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

Psalm 104:14-15
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: / wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

Isaiah 7:22
and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

Genesis 18:8
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

1 Samuel 25:18
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys

2 Samuel 17:29
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Job 10:10
Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

Ezekiel 25:4
therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

Joel 3:18
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.

1 Kings 4:22-23
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, / ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

Matthew 6:31-33
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ / For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. / But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Luke 12:29-31
And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it. / For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. / But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.

1 Corinthians 9:7
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

Hebrews 5:12-14
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food! / For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. / But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

1 Timothy 5:18
For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens.

enough

Proverbs 30:8,9
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: …

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

maintenance or life

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And there will be enough goat’s milk
This phrase emphasizes God's provision and abundance. In ancient Israel, goats were a common source of milk, which was a staple in the diet. The Hebrew word for "enough" (דַּי, dai) suggests sufficiency and satisfaction, indicating that God provides not just barely enough, but abundantly. The mention of "goat’s milk" highlights the practical and everyday nature of God's blessings, reminding us that He cares for our daily needs.

for your food
The phrase "for your food" underscores the personal benefit of God's provision. The Hebrew word for "food" (לֶחֶם, lechem) often refers to bread or sustenance in general. This reflects the idea that God’s provision is meant to sustain us physically, ensuring that we have the necessary resources to live and thrive. It is a reminder of the Lord's Prayer, where we ask for our "daily bread," trusting in God's continual provision.

for the food of your household
This phrase extends the blessing of provision beyond the individual to the entire household. In the ancient context, a household included not just immediate family but also extended family and servants. The Hebrew word for "household" (בַּיִת, bayit) can mean a physical house or a family unit. This indicates that God's provision is comprehensive, covering all those under one's care, and highlights the responsibility of the head of the household to ensure the well-being of all members.

and nourishment for your maidservants
The inclusion of "maidservants" in this verse is significant. It reflects the social structure of ancient Israel, where servants were part of the household. The Hebrew word for "nourishment" (חַיִּים, chayim) implies life and sustenance. This phrase emphasizes the ethical responsibility to care for those who serve us, ensuring they are well-fed and treated with dignity. It is a call to stewardship and compassion, recognizing that God's blessings are meant to be shared with all, regardless of social status.

(27) For the maintenance for thy maidens, who tend the cattle.

Verse 27. - Goats' milk. Dr. Geikie ('Holy Land and Bible,' 1:311) notes that in most parts of Palestine goats' milk in every form - sour, sweet, thick, thin, warm, or cold - makes, with eggs and bread, the main food of the people. And maintenance for thy maidens; who milk the goats, etc., and tend the cattle, and do the household work. There is no mention of the use of animal flesh as food. It was only on great occasions, as high festivals, or the presence of an honoured guest, that kids, lambs, and calves were killed and eaten. This picture of rural peace and plenty points to a time of security and prosperity, free alike from internal commotion and external danger. The famous passage in Cicero, 'De Senect.,' 15, on the pleasures and advantages of the agricultural life. will occur to all classical readers. So also Horace ('Epod.,' 2), "Beatus ille qui procul negotiis," etc. The LXX. makes short work of this verse, "My son, thou hast from me sayings mighty for thy life and for the life of thy servants."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You will have plenty
וְדֵ֤י ׀ (wə·ḏê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough

of goats’
עִזִּ֗ים (‘iz·zîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5795: Female goat

milk
חֲלֵ֬ב (ḥă·lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2461: Milk

to feed you—
לְֽ֭לַחְמְךָ (lə·laḥ·mə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

food
לְלֶ֣חֶם (lə·le·ḥem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

for your household
בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ (bê·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

and nourishment
וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים (wə·ḥay·yîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

for your maidservants.
לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·na·‘ă·rō·w·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5291: A girl, maiden


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