Proverbs 27:23

In 11 translations

BSB

Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

KJV

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.look…: Heb. set thy heart

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Know the face of your flock well, || Set your heart to the droves,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:

GNV

Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

JPS

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

LXXE

Do thou thoroughly know the number of thy flock, and pay attention to thine herds.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּ֭דַע פְּנֵ֣י צֹאנֶ֑ךָ שִׁ֥ית לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַעֲדָרִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Γνωστῶς ἐπιγνώσῃ ψυχὰς ποιμνίου σου, καὶ ἐπιστήσεις καρδίαν σου σαῖς ἀγέλαις.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
• John 21:15–17When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” Jesus asked a second time,…
• Genesis 33:13But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
• 2 Chronicles 26:10Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the…
• Proverbs 24:32I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
• Ezekiel 34:31‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
• John 10:3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
• Ezekiel 34:22–24I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another. I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their…
• Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
• 1 Chronicles 27:29–31Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys. Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in…
• Genesis 31:38–40I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock. I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded…
• 1 Samuel 17:28Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your…
• Exodus 7:23Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.

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