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Proverbs 27:23–24

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27:23Pay careful attention to58 the condition of your flocks,59

give careful attention60 to your herds,

27:24for riches do not last61 forever,

nor does a crown last62 from generation to generation.

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Footnotes

  1. 58 The sentence uses the infinitive absolute and the imperfect from יָדַע (yada’, “to know”). The imperfect here has been given the obligatory nuance, “you must know,” and that has to be intensified with the infinitive.
  2. 59 Heb “the faces of your flock.”
  3. 60 The idiom is “place [it on] your heart” or “take to heart.” Cf. “put your heart into.” The care of the flock must become the main focus of the will, for it is the livelihood. So v. 23 forms the main instruction of this lengthy proverb (vv. 23–27).
  4. 61 Heb “riches are not forever” (so , ); “wealth is not permanent.” The term “last” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
  5. 62 The conjunction and the particle indicate that the same nuance continues here in the second colon, and so “last” has been supplied here as well.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Know well the condition of your flocks,

and give attention to your herds,

for riches do not last forever;

and does a crown endure to all generations?

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,

give careful attention to your herds;

for riches do not endure forever,

and a crown is not secure for all generations.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Know well the condition of your flock,

and pay attention to your herds,

for wealth is not forever;

not even a crown lasts for all time.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Know the state of your flocks,

and put your heart into caring for your herds,

for riches don’t last forever,

and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You will surely know the condition of your flock;

your heart attends to the herds.

For riches are not forever,

nor a crown for generation after generation.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,

And look well to thy herds.

For riches are not for ever:

And doth the crown endure to every generation?

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