Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
New American Standard Bible
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
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:
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:
Themes
Agriculture » Requires diligence
Agriculture or husbandry » Requires » Diligence
Diligence » Required by God in » Lawful business
Endurance » What does not endure
Milk » Flocks and herds fed for supply of
Topics
Interlinear
Yada`
Yada`
Paniym
Tso'n
Leb
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him. 23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves, 24 For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Peter 5:2
feed the flock of God that is among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,
Genesis 31:38-40
These twenty years I am with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten;
Genesis 33:13
And he saith unto him, 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the suckling flock and the herd are with me; when they have beaten them one day, then hath all the flock died.
Exodus 7:23
and Pharaoh turneth and goeth in unto his house, and hath not set his heart even to this;
Deuteronomy 32:46
and saith unto them, 'Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,
1 Samuel 17:28
And Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, 'Why is this -- thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart -- for, to see the battle thou hast come down.'
1 Chronicles 27:29-31
and over the herds that are feeding in Sharon is Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds in the valleys is Shaphat son of Adlai;
2 Chronicles 26:10
and he buildeth towers in the wilderness, and diggeth many wells, for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plain, husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he was a lover of the ground.
Proverbs 24:32
And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,
Ezekiel 34:22-24
And I have given safety to My flock, And they are not any more for prey, And I have judged between sheep and sheep.
Ezekiel 34:31
And ye, My flock, the flock of My pasture, Men ye are -- I am your God, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
John 10:3
to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;
John 21:15-17
When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, 'Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, 'Feed my lambs.'