Proverbs 27:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 31:20 : 20 If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 27:27
84%
27And [there will be] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.
Prov 27:25
79%
25The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
Deut 14:4-5
2 verses
73%
4These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois.
Ezek 34:17
73%
17And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats.
Num 28:21-22
2 verses
73%
21a tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;
22and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.
Gen 27:9
73%
9Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth:
Num 28:29-30
2 verses
73%
29a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
30one he-goat, to make atonement for you.
Prov 27:23
72%
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds:
Lev 25:7
72%
7And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.
Ezek 27:21
71%
21Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.
Ezek 34:3
71%
3Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.
Ps 8:7
71%
7All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,
Isa 7:21
70%
21And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
Deut 28:4
70%
4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
Gen 32:14
70%
14two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
Ps 50:9
70%
9I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.
Gen 30:32-33
2 verses
70%
32I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire.
33So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, [if found] with me, shall be counted stolen.
Job 31:20
70%
20If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Gen 31:38
70%
38These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.
Isa 5:17
70%
17Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
Isa 30:23
70%
23And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
Exod 12:5
70%
5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
Matt 25:32-33
2 verses
69%
32and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;
33and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Num 29:5
69%
5and one he - goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you;
Ezek 45:15
69%
15and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel;—for a meal-offering, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Num 15:11
69%
11Thus shall it be done for each bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids.
Deut 32:14
69%
14Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.
Lev 27:26
69%
26Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is Jehovah's.
Num 7:28
69%
28one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
Zech 11:4
69%
4Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
Ezek 34:19
69%
19And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
Joel 1:18
69%
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
2 Kgs 3:4
69%
4Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
Exod 26:7
69%
7And thou shalt make curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
Exod 25:4
68%
4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Lev 22:19
68%
19that ye may be accepted, [ye shall offer] a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Gen 27:16
68%
16and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
Num 29:15
68%
15and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
2 Sam 12:3
68%
3but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Lev 1:10
68%
10And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering; he shall offer it a male without blemish.
Exod 35:6
68%
6and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Deut 28:31
68%
31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.
Isa 7:25
68%
25And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.
Lev 25:16
68%
16According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.