Proverbs 27:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּ֭דַע פְּנֵ֣י צֹאנֶ֑ךָ שִׁ֥ית לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַעֲדָרִֽים׃

Transliteration

yādōaʿ tēdaʿ pĕnê ṣōʾnekā šît libbĕkā laʿădārîm

Grammar Details

• *yādōaʿ*: qal infinitive absolute - knowing
• *tēdaʿ*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - know
• *pĕnê*: masculine plural construct - face/condition of
• *ṣōʾnekā*: feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your flock
• *šît*: qal imperative masculine singular - set/place
• *libbĕkā*: masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart
• *laʿădārîm*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural - to the herds

Word Meanings

• *yādaʿ*: know/understand/perceive
• *pānîm*: face/appearance/condition
• *ṣōʾn*: flock/sheep
• *šît*: set/place/put
• *lēb*: heart/mind/attention
• *ʿēder*: flock/herd

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to [the will of] God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
• John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again a second time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
• Gen 31:38-40 : 38 These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
• Gen 33:13 : 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
• Exod 7:23 : 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.
• Deut 32:46 : 46 And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
• 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
• 1 Chr 27:29-31 : 29 and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 30 and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: 31 and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
• 2 Chr 26:10 : 10 And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: [and he had] husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.
• Prov 24:32 : 32 Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:
• Ezek 34:22-24 : 22 therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 And 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. 24 And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
• Ezek 34:31 : 31 And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• John 10:3 : 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.