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Proverbs 27

Prov. 27:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be thou diligent
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
to know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
the state
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of thy flocks
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
, and τlook
shiyth (Hebrew #7896)
to place (in a very wide application)
KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
Pronounce: sheeth
Origin: a primitive root
well
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
to thy herds
`eder (Hebrew #5739)
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
KJV usage: drove, flock, herd.
Pronounce: ay'-der
Origin: from 5737
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set thy heart.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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diligent.
Gen. 31:38‑40• 38These twenty years I [have been] with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and rams of thy flock I have not eaten.
 39What was torn I have not brought to thee; I bore the loss of it: of my hand didst thou require it, stolen by day or stolen by night.
 40[Thus] I was; in the day drought consumed me, and frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. (Gen. 31:38‑40)
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Gen. 33:13• 13And he said to him, My lord knoweth the children [are] tender, and the flocks and the herds with young [are] with me; and if they should overdrive them one day, then all the flock will die. (Gen. 33:13)
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1 Sam. 17:28• 28{i}And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard while he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said{/i}, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. (1 Sam. 17:28)
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1 Chron. 27:29‑31• 29{i}And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai.{/i}
 30{i}And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdiah the Meronothite.{/i}
 31{i}And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were comptrollers of the substance which was king David's.{/i} (1 Chron. 27:29‑31)
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2 Chron. 26:10• 10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains husbandmen and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. (2 Chron. 26:10)
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Ezek. 34:22‑24,31• 22therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
 23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
 24And I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I Jehovah have spoken it.
 31And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 34:22‑24,31)
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John 21:15‑17• 15When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
 16He saith to him again a second time, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Tend my sheep.
 17He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)
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1 Peter 5:2• 2Tend the flock of God that [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity but willingly, not for base gain, but readily, (1 Peter 5:2)
look well.
Heb. set thy heart.
Prov. 24:32• 32Then I beheld with set heart;{HR}I saw [and] received instruction: (Prov. 24:32)
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Prov. 24•  (Prov. 24)
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Ex. 7:23• 23{i}And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and took not this to heart either.{/i} (Ex. 7:23)
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Deut. 32:46• 46{i}he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words that I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to take heed to do, all the words of this law.{/i} (Deut. 32:46)
• Faithful shepherd-service results in suited provision for oneself and those dependent upon him. (“Proverbs Twenty-Seven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "set thine heart on the."

W. Kelly Translation

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Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks;{HR}Look well to thy herds:{HR}

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)