23Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.


In Context

20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

22 Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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

24 For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

Proverbs 27:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:23Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:23Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks :

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,