Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

A Conservative Version

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

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 If thou shalt pound the foolish in a mortar in the midst of the grain with a pestle, thou shalt not remove from him his folly. 23 Knowing, thou shalt know the face of thy flock; set thy heart to thy herds. 24 For not strength forever, and not consecration to generation and generation.

Cross References

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God which among you, inspecting, not by force, but voluntarily; neither occupied in sordid gain, but of a ready will;

Genesis 31:38-40

These twenty years I am with thee; thy sheep and thy she-goats were not barren, and the rams of thy flock, I ate not.

Genesis 33:13

And he will say to him, My lord knew that the children are tender, and the sheep and the oxen bringing forth with me, and they overdrive them one day all the flock will die.

Exodus 7:23

And Pharaoh will turn and will go to his house, and he did not set his heart also to this

Deuteronomy 32:46

And he will say to them, Set your hearts to all the words which I call upon you to witness this day, which ye shall command your sons to watch and to do, all the words of this law.

1 Samuel 17:28

And Eliab his brother the great, will hear in his speaking to the men, and Eliab's anger will kindle against David, and he will say, Why this camest thou down? and upon whom didst thou cast those few sheep in the desert? I knew thy pride and the evil of thy heart, for in order to see the battle thou camest down.

1 Chronicles 27:29-31

And over the cattle feeding in Sharon, Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the cattle in the valleys, Shaphat son of Adlai:

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he will build towers in the desert, and hew out many wells: for there were many cattle to him; and in the low country and in the plain; and husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was loving the earth.

Proverbs 24:32

And I shall see and set my heart: I looked, I took instruction.

Ezekiel 34:22-24

And I saved my sheep, and they shall no more be for plunder; and I judged between sheep to sheep.

Ezekiel 34:31

And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, ye are men, I your God, says the Lord Jehovah.

John 10:3

To him the guard of the door opens; and the sheep hear his voice : and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

John 21:15-17

Then, when they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yes, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.

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