Proverbs 27:23

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

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WEBBE

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

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.

ASV

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

BBE

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

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 23–27

We ought to have some business to do in this world, and not to live in idleness, and not to meddle with what we do not understand. We must be diligent and take pains. Let us do what we can, still the world cannot be secured to us, therefore we must choose a more lasting portion; but by the blessing of God upon our honest labours, we may expect to enjoy as much of earthly blessings as is good for us.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.