Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThe words of the wise are like cattle prods, and like firmly driven nails are the sayings of the collected masters — all given from one Shepherd.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GThe words of the wise are like cattle-goads, and like nails driven deep are the masters of collections — given by one Shepherd.
KJV
King James VersionThe words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThe words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
Footnotes
רֹעֶה אֶחָד ("one Shepherd") stands alone, grammatically unqualified, and carries unmistakable weight: the diverse body of wisdom literature is here attributed to a single divine source. The phrase resonates intertextually with Ezekiel 34:23 — where YHWH promises one Shepherd over His people — and reaches forward to John 10, where Yeshua/Jesus claims that title. F.O.G preserves the Hebrew title form; F.O.G Message renders it with the same words but in the context of its full covenantal and messianic echo.
