Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

New American Standard Bible

Know well the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;

King James Version

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

Holman Bible

Know well the condition of your flock,
and pay attention to your herds,

International Standard Version

Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds,

American Standard Version

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

Amplified


Be diligent to know the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;

Bible in Basic English

Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

Darby Translation

Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

Julia Smith Translation

Knowing, thou shalt know the face of thy flock; set thy heart to thy herds.

King James 2000

Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds.

Modern King James verseion

Know well the face of your flocks; set your heart on your herds.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

See that thou know the number of thy cattle thy self, and look well to thy flocks.

NET Bible

Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds,

New Heart English Bible

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

The Emphasized Bible

Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;

Webster

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

World English Bible

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

Youngs Literal Translation

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the state
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of thy flocks
צאון צאןo 
Tso'n 
Usage: 274

and look
שׁית 
Shiyth 
Usage: 83

References

Context Readings

All About Life

22 Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?

Cross References

1 Peter 5:2

Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,

Genesis 31:38-40

These twenty years I have been with thee, thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and I have not eaten the rams of thy flocks.

Genesis 33:13

And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

Exodus 7:23

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.

Deuteronomy 32:46

And he said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you this day, which ye shall command your sons to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.

1 Samuel 17:28

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why have thou come down? And with whom have thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and t

1 Chronicles 27:29-31

And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite. And over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai.

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle, also in the lowland and in the plain. [And he had] husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved hu

Proverbs 24:32

Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

Ezekiel 34:22-24

therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep.

Ezekiel 34:31

And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says lord LORD.

John 10:3

The gatekeeper opens to this man. And the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

John 21:15-17

So when they ate breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me more than these things? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.

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