John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 27:27
Pro 27:27 And [thou shalt have] goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens. Ver. 27. And thou shalt have goat’s milk enough.] And this was anciently accounted good cheer indeed. By goat’s milk understand all manner of white meat, as they call it; and see how sparingly they lived in those days, content with that they had at hand, and not running every hand’s while to the butcher’s or draper’s, as now. Or if the men, being harder... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 27:26
Pro 27:26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field. Ver. 26. The lambs are for thy clothing. ] Ad esum et ad usum, for food and raiment a profitable creature. Some creatures are profitable alive, not dead, as the dog, horse, &c.; some dead, not alive, as the hog; some both, as the ox; yet none so profitable as the sheep. And the goats are the price of thy field. ] Wherewith thou mayest pay thy rent, and besides hire tillage, or it may be purchase land,... read more