Catholic Public Domain Version
"Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks, "
— Proverbs 27:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.”
“ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: ”
“Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:”
“Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,”
“Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:”
“Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;”
“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.”
Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.
In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.
Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.
Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks,
for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.
The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.
Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.