Focused Passage

Proverbs 27:23

Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart

The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

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Verse 23

Original words

Be sure to know יָדֹ֣עַ H3045 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . תֵּ֭דַע H3045 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular the state פְּנֵ֣י H6440 Noun - common plural construct of your flocks צֹאנֶ֑ךָ H6629 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular and pay close attention שִׁ֥ית H7896 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular . . . לִ֝בְּךָ֗ H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular to your herds לַעֲדָרִֽים׃ H5739 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural

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