Regards - literally, “knows.” All true sympathy and care must grow out of knowledge. The duty of a person to animals:

1. Rests …

Regardeth the life of his beast.— Rather, knows their feelings , and so can feel for them. God’s own care for the brute c…

A righteous [man] regards the life of his beast^F17; Or "knows" it; knows the worth of it and values it, and ta…

A godly man would not put even an animal to needless pain. But the wicked often speak of others as being treated well, when they would not endure l…