Proverbs 24:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָ֘כֵ֤ן בַּח֨וּץ ׀ מְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָ וְעַתְּדָ֣הּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֣ה לָ֑ךְ אַ֝חַ֗ר וּבָנִ֥יתָ בֵיתֶֽךָ׃ פ

Transliteration

Hākēn in-the-ḥûṣ məlaʾktekā and-ʿattədāh in-the-śādeh to-you after and-bānîtā bêtekā

Grammar Details

*hākēn*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - prepare
*ḥûṣ*: masculine singular noun with article - outside
*məlaʾktekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your work
*ʿattədāh*: Piel imperative with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - make it ready
*śādeh*: masculine singular noun with article - field
*bānîtā*: Qal perfect waw consecutive, 2nd person masculine singular - build
*bêtekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your house

Word Meanings

*hākēn*: prepare/put in order
*məlaʾktekā*: your work/your business/your occupation
*ʿattədāh*: make it ready/prepare it

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 5:17-18 : 17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Luke 14:28-30 : 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

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