Proverbs 24:27

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Prepare your work in an out-place, || And make it ready in the field—go afterward, || Then you have built your house.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

Prepare thy works for thy going forth, and prepare thyself for the field; and come after me, and thou shalt rebuild thine house.

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WLC

הָ֘כֵ֤ן בַּח֨וּץ ׀ מְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָ וְעַתְּדָ֣הּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֣ה לָ֑ךְ אַ֝חַ֗ר וּבָנִ֥יתָ בֵיתֶֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Ἑτοίμαζε εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον τὰ ἔργα σου, καὶ παρασκευάζου εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν, καὶ πορεύου κατόπισθέν μου, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσεις τὸν οἶκόν σου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Luke 14:28–30Which 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? Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees…
• 1 Kings 5:17–18And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones. So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the…
• 1 Kings 6:7The 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.

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